cestus
caestus, a gauntlet, boxing-glove for pugilists
No short definition found for cestus
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Parsed as:
masculine nominative plural
masculine genitive singular
masculine accusative plural of
caestus
masculine nominative singular of cestus
caestus
No examples found for caestus.
cestus
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…hic classem habuisset, existimarem non fuisse. quid si L. Eppi, L. Agri, C. Cesti, equitum Romanorum, huius etiam clarissimi viri, Cn. Domiti, qui in Asia tum legatus fuit ,…
Cicero, pro Flacco
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…ut ; proceres Romani specie orationum et carminum scaena polluantur. quid superesse nisi ut corpora quoque nudent et caestus adsumant easque pugnas pro militia et armis meditentur an iustitiam auctum iri et decurias equitum egregium iudicandi munus expleturos ,…
Tacitus, Annales
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…haud equidem pretio inductus pulchroque iuvenco venissem, nec dona moror. Sic deinde locutus in medium geminos immani pondere caestus proiecit, quibus acer Eryx in proelia suetus ferre manum, duroque intendere brachia tergo. Obstipuere animi tantorum ingentia…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…Ille super tales effundit pectore voces Hanc tibi, Eryx, meliorem animam pro morte Daretis persolvo ; hic victor caestus artemque repono. Protinus Aeneas celeri certare sagitta invitat qui forte velint, et praemia ponit, ingentique manu malum…
Vergil, Aeneid
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…Collo necte, puer, meros amores, Ceston de Veneris sinu calentem. CCVII Idem Sume Cytheriaco medicatum nectare ceston Ussit amatorem balteus iste Iovem. CCVIII Notarius Currant verba licet, manus est velocior illis Nondum lingua suum ,…
Martial, Epigrammata