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caestus (not cestus), ūs, m [caedo], a gauntlet, boxing-glove for pugilists, usu. a strap of bull's hide loaded with balls of lead or iron, wound around the hands and arms: pugiles caestibus contusi: manibus inducere caestūs, V.* * *Iband supporting breasts (esp. girdle of Venus); girdle/belt/girth/strapIIboxing-glove, strip of leather weighted with lead/iron tied to boxer's hands -
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caestus (not cestus), ūs, m. ( 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.
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