κηρῷ (kero)

κηρῷ is an Ancient Greek form of κηρός, meaning “beeswax”. It is the dative singular masculine noun or noun.

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

Found 39 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 3.1.37: … οὺς δʼ ἄλλους ἀναστῆναι πάντας. ἔνιοί τε φασὶν ὅτι Φίλιππος ὁ Ὀπούντιος τοὺς Νόμους αὐτοῦ μετέγραψεν ὄντας ἐν κηρῷ. τούτου δὲ καὶ τὴν Ἐπινομίδα φασὶν εἶναι. Εὐφορίων δὲ καὶ Παναίτιος εἰρήκασι πολλάκις ἐστραμμένην εὑρῆσθαι τὴ …

Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 1.129: ἐκ κηρῶ σύριγγα καλάν, περὶ χεῖλος ἑλικτάν.

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.