cestros
From LSJ
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
Latin > English
cestros cestri N F :: plant identified with vettonica; (betony?)
cestros cestros cestri N M :: pointed tool used in encaustic (wax) painting; graving tool (L+S)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cestros: i, f., = κέστρος,
I the plant betony: Betonica officinalis, Linn.; Plin. 25, 8, 46, § 84.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) cestrŏs, ī, m. (κέστρος), style, burin : Plin. 35, 147 ; 149.
(2) cestrŏs, f., v. cestron.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) cestros1, ī, m. (κέστρος), der Brennstiel, Brennspatel, Brenngriffel, bei der enkaustischen Malerei, Plin. 35, 149.
(2) cestros2, ī, f. od. (wohl richtiger) cestron, ī, n. (κέστρον), die Betonie (Betonica officinalis, L.), Plin. 25, 84.