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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=cestus cestus N M :: boxing-glove, strip of leather weighted with lead/iron tied to boxer's hands
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cestus</b>: (caest-) or -ŏs, i, m., = [[κεστός]] (lit. stitched, [[embroidered]]; [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> 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.<br /><b>cestus</b>: = [[caestus]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[boxer]]'s [[glove]]; v. [[caestus]].
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) [[cestus]] <b>(-os)</b>, ī, m. ([[κεστός]]), ceinture, sangle, courroie : [[Varro]] R. 1, 8, 6 &#124;&#124; ceinture de Vénus : Mart. 6, 13, 8.<br />(2) <b>cestŭs</b>, ūs, m., v. cæstus.||ceinture de Vénus : Mart. 6, 13, 8.<br />(2) <b>cestŭs</b>, ūs, m., v. cæstus.
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) [[cestus]]<sup>1</sup> u. -os, ī, m. ([[κεστός]], gestickt, sc. [[ἱμάς]]), [[Riemen]], [[Gürtel]], [[Gurt]], Varr. r. r. 1, 8, 6. – Jnsbes., der [[Gürtel]] der [[Venus]], der [[Liebe]] [[erregen]] soll, Mart. 6, 13, 8; 14, 206 u. 207; vgl. Serv. Verg. Aen. 5, 69. [[Auson]]. perioch. Iliad. 14.<br />'''(2)''' cēstus<sup>2</sup>, ūs, m., s. 1. [[caestus]].
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=cestus, i. m. :: [[新婦帶綁枝索]]
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