κήρ-ωμα,ατος,τό,
A.
= κηρωτή ,wax-salve, cerate, Hp.
Acut.(Sp.) 15 , 33 (both pl.), Orib. Fr. 63 (pl.).
2. layer of mudorclay forming the floor of the wrestling-ringin the times of the Empire, Lat.ceroma, locus exercitii utilis . . aequali et molli ceromate stratus, Cael.Aur. Salut.Praec. 35 (ed.V.Rose Anecd.Gr. 2.199 ), cf. Plu. 2.638c , Plin. HN 35.168 , Mart. 4.19.5 , al.;a ceromate nos haphe excepit, out of themudinto the dust, Sen. Ep. 57.1 : metaph. forthe wrestling-ringorwrestling, ἐν παλαίστραις καὶ κηρώμασι
Plu. 2.790f
, cf. Plin. HN 35.5 .
3. waxed tabletorboard,
IG 7.413.59 ( S. C. de Orop.).