"cestus" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɛstəs/ Forms: cestuses [plural], cestus [plural], cesti [plural]
Etymology: From Latin caestus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|caestus}} Latin caestus Head templates: {{en-noun|+|cestus|cesti}} cestus (plural cestuses or cestus or cesti)
  1. A leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal. Translations (Translations): cesto [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cestus-en-noun-3aVK6Cip Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Spanish translations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /sɛstəs/ Forms: cesti [plural]
Etymology: From Latin cestus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|cestus}} Latin cestus Head templates: {{en-noun|cesti}} cestus (plural cesti)
  1. (obsolete) A girdle, especially that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power to excite love. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Clothing, Weapons
    Sense id: en-cestus-en-noun-zuGSkDRO Disambiguation of Clothing: 24 76 Disambiguation of Weapons: 9 91 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 30 26 25 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 28 28 26 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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