κηρίον, τό,
(κηρός)
I
1. honeycomb, mostly in pl., h.Merc. 559, Hes. Th. 597, Hdt. 5.114, etc.; κ. καὶ λίβανον, as offerings, Supp.Epigr. 3.774 (Crete, i B.C.): sg., Pl. R. 552c, Theoc. 19.2, IG 5(2).514.14 (Lycosura, ii B.C.); τὸ κ. τοῦ μέλιτος LXX 1Sa14:27; used in Medicine, Hp. Morb. 2.45, 3.17; παιδίον κηρίῳ βεβυσμένον having its mouth stopped with a piece of honeycomb, Ar. Th. 506, cf. Sch. ad loc., Sor. 1.86; κ. σφηκῶν Hdt. 2.92: κηρία, τά, honey, Hippon. 36, Aristo ap. Ath. 2.38f.
2. metaph., of a book of poems, AP 9.190: pl., title of Anthologies, Gell. Praef. 6.
3. metaph., of anything pleasant, τῆς ἐπιθυμίας τὸ κ. Lib. 112.1.
II a cutaneous disease, = μελικηρίς, Dsc. 2.135 (pl.), Gal. 7.728, al.
G2781 — κηρίον
κηρίου, τό (κηρός wax), from Hesiod and Herodotus down, honeycomb: κηρίον μελισσιον, a honeycomb (still containing the honey), [Luk 24:42] R G Tr brackets ([1Sa 14:27]; [Pro 16:24]; [Pro 24:13]).
κηρίον , - ου , τό
( < κηρός , wax),
[in LXX for H5317, H6688, [Psa 19:10]; [Psa 118:12], [Pro 16:24], al. ;]
honeycomb: κ . μελίσσιον , [Luk 24:42] ( Rec. ; WH , txt ., R , txt ., omit). †