caestibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caestus, caestus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
boxing-glove, strip of leather weighted with lead/iron tied to boxer's hands;
abl. pl.dat. pl.
Examples
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...frater uirginis asperae, cedet Castore cum suo Pollux caestibus aptior. Sic, sic, caelicolae, precor, uincat femina coniuges..."
Liber Quartus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...adsit, tum legere arma iubet sumptisque occurrere contra caestibus: haec miseri sors est aequissima leti. huc ubi devectam..."Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...levis Elis equis et fluctibus obvius Aulon caestibus adversos viderunt frangere vultus. tu quoque Phrixeos remo, Poeantie, Colchos..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...nuper Nemeaeo in puluere felix, Alcidama, primis quem caestibus ipse ligarat Tyndarides, nitidi moriens conuexa magistri respicis: auerso..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...tibi festa gymnas, et insontes iuvenum sine caestibus irae annua veloci peragunt certamina lustro., hic templis inscriptus..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...manus iuvenum coiere cupidine laudis: Tyndaridae gemini, praestantes caestibus alter, alter equo, primaeque ratis molitor Iason..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...exspiravit in ignes. Hinc gemini fratres Broteasque et caestibus Ammon invicti, vinci si possent caestibus enses, Phinea cecidere..."