LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

caestus

caestus m (genitive caestūs)

Meaning

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

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

lōrum pugilis gravātum
caestus -ūs (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 13

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecaestuscaestūs
genitivecaestūscaestuum
dativecaestuīcaestibus
accusativecaestumcaestūs
ablativecaestūcaestibus
vocativecaestuscaestūs

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.

Origins

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

Descendants
  • Englishcestus

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesCaestusCaestus (from caedo, not to be confounded with cestus, from Gr. κεστός), the thongs or bands of leather which were tied round the hands of boxers, in …

Quick answers

What does caestus mean in Latin?
caestus, a noun, means “a type of boxing glove made from a strap of bull's hide loaded with iron or lead balls”.
What is the genitive of caestus?
The genitive singular is caestūs. caestus is masculine, fourth declension.