κήρωμα
κήρ-ωμα, ατος, τό,
A). = κηρωτή , wax-salve, cerate, Acut.(Sp.) 15 , 33 (both pl.), Fr. 63 (pl.).
2). layer of mud or clay forming the floor of the wrestling-ring in the times of the Empire, Lat. ceroma, locus exercitii utilis .. aequali et molli ceromate stratus, Salut.Praec. 35 (ed.V.Rose Anecd.Gr. 2.199 ), cf. 2.638c , HN 35.168 , 4.19.5 , al.; a ceromate nos haphe excepit, out of the mud into the dust, Sen. Ep. 57.1 : metaph. for the wrestling-ring or wrestling, ἐν παλαίστραις καὶ κηρώμασι 2.790f , cf. HN 35.5 .
3). waxed tablet or board, 7.413.59 ( C. de Orop.).