English

Noun

caestus ‎(plural caesti or caestuses)

1. Alternative form of cestus

Latin

Etymology

From Latin caedo ‎(“I cut”) +‎ -tus ‎(result of action suffix).

Noun

caestus m ‎(genitive caestūs); fourth declension

1. A type of boxing glove made from a strap of bull's hide loaded with iron or lead balls

Inflection

Fourth declension.

References

• caestus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• caestus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “caestus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• caestus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caestus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin