incero

in-cēro, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [incero], to smear or cover over with wax:

canaliculum,

Cels. 8, 8, § 1. — Poet.: genua deorum, i. e. to smear the knees of the gods by constant embraces and kisses; to be persistent in prayers, Juv. 10, 55 (cf. Prud. cont. Symm. 1, 203; others explain, to attach waxen tablets, containing written prayers, to the knees of the statues of gods; cf.:

tacitas preces in templo deis allegasti,

App. Mag. 54, p. 309 ); so,

genua Dianae,

Prud. Apoth. 457:

lapides (religio),

id. Ham. 404.