caestus

Latin > English

caestus caesti N M :: band supporting breasts (esp. girdle of Venus); girdle/belt/girth/strap
caestus caestus caestus N M :: boxing-glove, strip of leather weighted with lead/iron tied to boxer's hands

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

caestus: (not cestus), ūs, m. (
I dat. plur. caestis, Varr. ap. Non. p. 492, 11) caedo, a strap of bull's hide loaded with balls of lead or iron, wound around the hands and arms, a gauntlet, boxing-glove for pugilists (pugiles), Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40; Verg. A. 5, 69; 5, 379; 5, 479; Prop. 3 (4), 14, 9; Ov. F. 2, 367; Tac. A. 14, 20; Stat. Th. 6, 764; 6, 829; Val. Fl. 4, 251; Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 124; Sen. Med. 89; cf. Fest. p. 35; Dict. of Antiq.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) cæstus, ī, m., Varro Men. 89 ; v. cæstus 2.
(2) cæstŭs,¹² ūs, m. (cædo), ceste, gantelet, ou bandes de cuir garnies de plomb : cæstus jactare Cic. Tusc. 2, 56, projeter les cestes [pour frapper].

Latin > German (Georges)

(1) caestus¹ (nicht cēstus), ūs, m. (v. caedo), der rohe, rindslederne, mit eingenähtem Blei oder Eisen versehene Riemen, womit sich die Faustkämpfer (pugiles) Hände u. Arme umwickelten, der Schlagriemen, Cästus, Plaut., Cic. u.a.: pugiles caestibus contusi ne ingemiscunt quidem, Cic.: qui crudo fidit pugnam committere caestu, Verg. – / Abl. Plur. heterokl. caestis, Varr. sat. Men. 89.
(2) caestus², ī, m., s. 1. cestus.

Latin > Chinese

caestus, us. m. :: 打把勢手套