cestros
From LSJ
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
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.
