κηρίον

A. 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 1 Ki. 14.27; 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. Ep. 112.1.

II. a cutaneous disease, = μελικηρίς, Dsc. 2.135 (pl.), Gal. 7.728, al.