A short notice in the "Cestus of Aglaia," and occasional references scattered up and down his later works, hardly give the prominence in his writings that the painter held in his thoughts.
But Cestusstill refused to proceed inside the house.
Cestus shut the door and took his former position on his stool.
Cestus approached him, and taking his arm with one hand he pointed to the door with the other.
Cestus drew from his breast the remaining portion of the faded ribbon from which he had cut the former piece enclosed to Fabricius.
It was to this spot the party led by Cestusnow approached.
Cestus bowed and loitered away leisurely in the direction of the Esquiline Gate, whilst Afer walked quickly toward the Viminal Plain, on the border of which lay the ramparts of the Pretorian camp.
Cestus remained silent and gloomy; and Masthlion, equally taciturn, despatched his meal rapidly, as though it were a task to be well rid of.
But Cestus shook him off, and having cleared the Subura, he and his patron entered on a less crowded path, and the short, steep ascent of the Esquiline Hill.
Humph, then there is some advantage in being a Surrentine and not a Roman,' said Cestus ironically.
In the meantime Cestus went to the porch and stood on the outer step.
The strange behaviour of Cestus stuck in the mind of Neaera, and she stood in the doorway puzzling her brains for a reason.
That you will discover before very long, I hope,' replied Cestus drily.
But Cestus was not easily abashed or discouraged, and had no fear of being able finally to command attention.
A visit to a wine-shop, where the liquor flowed plentifully, completed the transaction, and then Cestus took leave of his new friend with many parting injunctions.
Take this as an earnest--the cestus which I wore there.
The girdle upon which the shells were hung is the prototype of the cestus of Hathor, Ishtar, Aphrodite, Kali and all the goddesses of fertility in the Old World.
In fact magic virtues were conferred upon most goddesses in every part of the world by means of a cestus of some sort.
Being taken up into his arms by Vulcan, he robbed him of his tools, and whilst Venus caressed him for his superiority to Cupid in wrestling, he slipped off her cestus unperceived.
We had rather, for our part, have thecestus of Rachel Halliday, that kept heads from being turned, and made everything go on harmoniously.
Bards have written of the cestus of Venus, that turned the heads of all the world in successive generations.
She had a delicate twisted cane-whip in her hand, a nosegay in her bosom, and a purple cestus round her waist.
If she spoke rustic Greek instead of bad English, and wore a cestus in place of an ill-fitting corset, you'd swear she was a goddess.
Even boxing with the cestuswas less esteemed than the other athletic exercises, and was excluded from the games exhibited by Alexander in his Asiatic invasions [113].
The cestus itself made of thongs of leather, was evidently meant not to increase the severity of the blow, but for the prevention of foul play by the antagonists laying hold of each other, or using the open hand.
When one of the combatants with the cestus killed his antagonist by running the ends of his fingers through his ribs, he was ignominiously expelled the stadium.
Not so harmless was Lydon's retaliation; he quickly sprang to his feet, and aimed his cestus full on the broad chest of his antagonist.
And with that I off with his cestus an' wished him good-morning, an' I never been near him since!
This cestus was a fine parti-coloured girdle, which, as Homer tells us, had all the attractions of the sex wrought into it.
Venus was proud of an opportunity of obliging so great a goddess, and therefore made her a present of the cestus which she used to wear about her own waist, with advice to hide it in her bosom till she had accomplished her intention.
As the leathern cestus binds Tense the boxer's knotted hands; So the strong wine round him winds, Binds his thews to iron bands.
Jupiter might as soon keep awake when Juno came in best bib and tucker, and with the cestus of Venus, to get him to sleep.
With that sweetest holiday, Must the May of life depart; With the cestus loosed--away Flies illusion from the heart!
Glaucus; 'there you are wrong, Lydon; the cestus is the Greek fashion: I know it well.
Not so harmless was Lydon's retaliation: he quickly sprung to his feet, and aimed his cestus full on the broad breast of his antagonist.
During the palmy days of Roman grandeur and Grecian glory, their athletes fought with the terrible cestus to win a crown of oak or laurel; but then Rome never produced a Rev.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cestus" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
