caestus

English

Noun

caestus (plural caesti or caestuses)

  1. Alternative form of cestus

Anagrams

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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caestus caestūs
Genitive caestūs caestuum
Dative caestuī caestibus
Accusative caestum caestūs
Ablative caestū caestibus
Vocative caestus caestūs

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
  • caestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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
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