Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Cereus

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CE'REUS. A wax candle, made with the pith of a rush coated with wax; also a torch made of the fibres of papyrus twisted together, and covered with wax. Cic. Off. iii. 20. Plaut. Curc. i. 1. 9. Val. Max. iii. 6. 4. and CANDELA.