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caestus

caestus · m

a strap of bull

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Where it lives

Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Argonautica 12 · 3.23/10k
De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
Achilleis 2 · 2.78/10k
Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Hercules 2 · 2.63/10k
Carmina 4 · 1.78/10k
Medea 1 · 1.77/10k
De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
Aeneid 8 · 1.26/10k
Thebais 6 · 0.96/10k

Densest 12 of 24 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. caestus — Lewis & Short

caestus (not cestus), ūs, m. (

I dat. plur. caestis, Varr. ap. Non. p. 492, 11) [caedo], a strap of bull's hide loaded with balls of lead or iron, wound around the hands and arms, a gauntlet, boxing-glove for pugilists (pugiles), Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 40; Verg. A. 5, 69; 5, 379; 5, 479; Prop. 3 (4), 14, 9; Ov. F. 2, 367; Tac. A. 14, 20; Stat. Th. 6, 764; 6, 829; Val. Fl. 4, 251; Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 124; Sen. Med. 89; cf. Fest. p. 35; Dict. of Antiq.

2. caestus — Walde–Hofmann

caestus, -äs m. „der lederne, mit eingelegtem Blei oder Eisen versehene Riemen, mit dem die Faustkämpfer Hand und Arm umwickelten" (seit Ps. Plaut. Bacch. 69; schlechtere Schreibung -2-): wohl als *caed.stus ,Schlagriemen" zu caedó, doch ist die Bildung unklar; davon caestatus vom Sänger, Bücheler zu CE. 236, 3. — Nicht nach Paul. Fest. 45, Froehde BB. 1, 202 (zweifelnd) zasammenzuwerfen mit cestus, -i m. (f. Schol. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. caestus, p. 166]

In the wild

caestibus Ovid, Fasti 2.367
caestibus Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.107
caestu Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 4.332
caestus Tertullian, De Spectaculis 18.1
caestus Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 11.37.p3
caestus Statius, Thebais 6.764

6 of 56 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. caestus (scan p. 109; entry #1517).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. caestus (scan pp. 166-167; entry #501).

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