κηροῦ (kerou)

κηροῦ is an Ancient Greek form of κηρός, meaning “beeswax”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun.

It can also be a form of κηρόω, “wax over; to be fastened with wax”.

Found 35 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales 1.4.2·2: … ἴσος οὔτε προσπαίζων ὅμως ἀνέγκλητος ἔσται. τοιοῦτον ἔφησοι, Θέων, ἐγὼ τὸν ἄρχοντα συμποσίου πλάσας ὥσπερ ἐκ κηροῦ τοῦ λόγου παραδίδωμι.

All forms of κηρός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.