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This article is about the ancient Greek and Roman band, girdle or tie. For the manga series, see Cestvs: The Roman Fighter.

Cestus (Ancient Greek: Κεστός, romanized: Kestos), plural: cesti, in a general sense meant, for ancient Greeks and Romans, any band or tie.^[1]

However, it was more frequently used to refer to:

The Girdle of Aphrodite^[1]
Boxing gloves used by ancient Greeks and Romans, also written Caestus^[1]
A girdle or belt worn by women in ancient Greece
A marriage girdle, given by a newly married wife to her husband^[2]

^ ^a ^b ^c A dictionary of Roman and Greek antiquities with nearly 2000 engravings on wood from ancient originals illustrative of the industrial arts and social life of the Greeks and Romans, pp. 148-149
^ A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, pp. 234-235

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A Latin Dictionary
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities
An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon
Collins Online Dictionary, Cestus