κηρός, ὁ,
bees-wax, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.48, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.27, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; honeycomb, [[ [prev. author] 20.27; εὐπλαστότερον κηροῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 588d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; used as a cosmetic, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 22 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; in encaustic painting, [[ “IG” 42 (1).102.272 (Epid., 4th c.BC), 14.1320;] Refs 4th c.BC+] for writing tablets, [[ “POxy.” 736.16 (1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+], etc.: hence λόγους εἰς γραμμάτιον καὶ κηρὸν ἐρχομένους [[ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 886.1. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 sealing-wax, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 21. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 κ. Τυρρηνικός white wax used in medicine, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.411, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.70. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II plural κηροί wax tapers, [[ 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 9.11. (Panhellenic η, “IG” 42.[same place], Theoc. [prev. cited], compare κήρινος, κηρόδετος, κηροχυτέω] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; Latin cera.)