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cĭnĕrārĭus , a, um, adj. cinis,
I.pertaining to ashes.
I. As adj. very rare: fines, boundaries of land bordering upon graves, Auct. Limit. p 296 Goes.—
II. More freq. subst.
A. cĭnĕrārĭus , ii, m., a servant who heated in glowing ashes the iron used in curling hair, a hair-curler, Varr. L. L, 5, § “129 Müll.,” Cat. 61, 138; Sen. Const. 14, 1; Acro ad Hor S. 1, 2, 98; Tert. ad Uxor. 2, 8.—
B. CINERARIVM, ii, n., in tombs, the receptacle for the ashes of the dead, Inscr. Orell. 4358; 4513 al.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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