Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Cinerarius
Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)
[edit | edit source]CINERA'RIUS. A slave who waited upon the ornatrix while engaged in dressing her mistress's hair. His chief duty consisted in heating the curling irons in the ashes (cineres), whence the name (Varro, L. L. v. 129.); but in some cases, he also performed the part of a barber. Catull. 61. 138. Seneca, Constant. Sap. 14.