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Definition of Cestus

Cestus
Cestus Ces"tus, n. [L. caestus, and cestus.] (Antiq.) A covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron.
Cestus
Cestus Ces"tus, n. [L. cestus girdle, Gr. ?, lit., stitched, embroidered.] 1. (Antiq.) A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species (Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form.

Meaning of Cestus from wikipedia

- Look up cestus or κεστός in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cestus (Ancient Gr****: Κεστός), in a general sense meant, for ancient Gr****s and Romans,...
- lethal injuries. Cestus fighters seem to have had no form of body armour, apart from the cestus itself. Contemporary depictions show the cestus worn in pairs...
- canon, including the Gorn species, the Metron species and the planet Cestus III. Cestus III is mentioned later as the home planet of Star Trek: Deep Space...
- to those of the very lowest gladiator class. The cestus was a fist-fighter or boxer who wore the cestus, a cross between a boxing glove and a heavy-duty...
- Atrytonopsis cestus, the cestus skipper, is a species of gr**** skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. The MONA or Hodges number for Atrytonopsis cestus is...
- matches and practices. Unlike "fist-load weapons" (such as the ancient cestus) which were designed as a lethal weapon, modern boxing gloves are non-lethal...
- Achatinella cestus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic...
- themselves Gorn. This formal first contact with the Federation occurred at Cestus III in 2267. A Gorn appeared in the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode...
- (1623-1669), Italian Baroque composer Italian plural of Cestus, a classical weapon Latin plural of cestus (Cest), a girdle This disambiguation page lists articles...
- (2008–10) Fate of the Jedi (2009–12) Clone Wars series Shatterpoint (2003) The Cestus Deception (2004) The Hive (2004) MedStar duology (2004) Jedi Trial (2004)...