cestus
1a girdle or belt, especially as worn by women of ancient Greece.
Classical Mythology. the girdle of Venus, decorated with every object that could arouse amorous desire.
Origin of cestus
1- Also especially British, ces·tos .
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Other definitions for cestus (2 of 2)
a hand covering made of leather strips and often covered with metal studs, worn by boxers.
Origin of cestus
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How to use cestus in a sentence
She said, and loosed from her bosom the embroidered, variegated cestus; 468 where all allurements were enclosed.
The Iliad of Homer (1873) | HomerJupiter might as soon keep awake, when Juno came in best bib and tucker, and with the cestus of Venus, to get him to sleep.
Venus, goddess of beauty, is represented either entirely naked, or with some scanty drapery called a “cestus.”
Myths of Greece and Rome | H. A. GuerberControversy with boxing is the cestus, that is, the lead-loaded glove, like the pugilists in the Æneid.
Anima Poet | Samuel Taylor ColeridgeHe cared no more either for the prowess of two combatants who, wearing a cestus on the left arm, fought with sticks.
The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 | Theophile Gautier
British Dictionary definitions for cestus (1 of 2)
cestos (ˈsɛstɒs)
/ (ˈsɛstəs) /
classical myth the girdle of Aphrodite (Venus) decorated to cause amorousness
Origin of cestus
1British Dictionary definitions for cestus (2 of 2)
caestus
/ (ˈsɛstəs) /
(in classical Roman boxing) a pugilist's gauntlet of bull's hide loaded or studded with metal
Origin of cestus
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