cestros
πρὸ συντριβῆς ἡγεῖται ὕβρις → pride goeth before destruction, pride comes before a fall, pride goes before a fall, pride goeth before a fall, pride wenteth before a fall, pride cometh before a fall, pride comes before the fall
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.
