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cestus = caestus
* A boxer's glove; v. caestus.
* A boxer's glove; v. caestus.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
cestus | caest- | -ŏs (noun M) = κεστός: () or , , , = (lit. stitched, embroidered; hence
* Subst.; cf. Lidd. and Scott under κεστός), a girdle, tie, belt, girth, strap, Cato, R. R. 25 Schneid. N. cr.; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 6.—Particularly, the girdle of Venus, Mart. 6, 138; 6, 14; 14, 206 sq.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 69.
* Subst.; cf. Lidd. and Scott under κεστός), a girdle, tie, belt, girth, strap, Cato, R. R. 25 Schneid. N. cr.; Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 6.—Particularly, the girdle of Venus, Mart. 6, 138; 6, 14; 14, 206 sq.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 69.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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