Associations to the word «Cestus»

Wiktionary

CESTUS, noun. A leather fighting glove, frequently weighted with metal.
CESTUS, noun. (obsolete) A girdle, especially that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power to excite love.

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
Aeschylus