cestros

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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.

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)