Look up cestus or κεστός in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cestus (Ancient Greek: Κεστός, romanized: Kestos), plural: cesti, in a general sense meant...

lethal injuries. Cestus fighters seem to have had no form of body armour, apart from the cestus itself. Contemporary depictions show the cestus worn in pairs...

Atrytonopsis cestus, the cestus skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. The MONA or Hodges number for Atrytonopsis cestus is...

Achatinella cestus is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinellidae. This species is endemic...

to those of the very lowest gladiator class. The cestus was a fist-fighter or boxer who wore the cestus, a cross between a boxing glove and a heavy-duty...

canon, including the Gorn species, the Metron species and the planet Cestus III. Cestus III is mentioned later as the home planet of Star Trek: Deep Space...

matches and practices. Unlike "fist-load weapons" (such as the ancient cestus) which were designed as a lethal weapon, modern boxing gloves are non-lethal...

became a weapon. Metal studs were introduced to the strips to make the cestus. Fighting events were held at Roman amphitheatres. Records of boxing activity...

(1623-1669), Italian Baroque composer Italian plural of Cestus, a Classical weapon Latin plural of cestus (Cest), a girdle This disambiguation page lists articles...

the horizon.[citation needed] The name of the phenomenon alludes to the cestus, a girdle or breast-band, of the Ancient Greek goddess Aphrodite, customarily...

themselves Gorn. This formal first contact with the Federation occurred at Cestus III in 2267. A Gorn appeared in the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode...

weapons—the Claws of Hades, the Nemean Cestus, and the Nemesis Whip—with other combat options. The Nemean Cestus, a pair of gauntlets, and the Nemesis...

who fought from chariots or carts, or from horseback. At an unknown date, cestus fighters were introduced to Roman arenas, probably from Greece, armed with...

tiger claws (Indian) Brass knuckles, knuckle dusters (European) Cestus, bladed cestus, caestus, myrmex, sfere (Mediterranean) Deer Horn Knives (Chinese)...

"plastic knuckles" as prohibited weapons, but do not define either. Bagh nakh Cestus (boxing) Gauntlet (glove) Mark I trench knife Tekkō Vajra-mushti Weighted-knuckle...

novels such as Matthew Stover's Shatterpoint (2003), Steven Barnes' The Cestus Deception (2004), Sean Stewart's Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (2004), and Luceno's...

(in June 1863 he lectured on the Alps), art practice and judgement (The Cestus of Aglaia), botany and mythology (Proserpina and The Queen of the Air)....

portrayed in novels such as Outbound Flight, The Approaching Storm, and The Cestus Deception. Obi-Wan's life between Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars is depicted...

'strap, thong'; κεστός, kestós: 'girdle, belt'; Latin: cingulum Veneri, cestus Veneris), variously interpreted as girdle, belt, breast-band, and otherwise...

Culture in the United States". Front Head Cauliflower ear Morton's toe Cestus The literary and aesthetic reception of the statue continues to be of high...

but very long bodies – the name "cestode" is derived from the Latin word cestus, which means "tape". The adults of all 3,400 cestode species are internal...

in Legacy of the Jedi/Secrets of the Jedi omnibus Later reprinted in The Cestus Deception Standalone continuation to the Republic Commando series Standalone...

1999, pp. 1–5. Forbes 1959, pp. 70–74. Thuc. 4.100.1 Julius Africanus, The Cestus, D25, 116–117. Partington 1999, p. 5. Pryor & Jeffreys 2006, pp. 607–609...

and to one day return to Mars. The mice's signature weapons consist of a cestus and a laser pistol (Throttle), a bionic arm with built-in laser blaster...

original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024. "Smer definoval tretiu cestu". Hospodárske noviny (in Slovak). 16 December 2001. "V Smere vymysleli nový...

Blood won the 2003 Endeavour Award. His 2004 Star Wars tie-in novel The Cestus Deception was a New York Times bestseller. Together with his wife, Tananarive...

transfer in MRI Cest, a woman's girdle Cest or Cesti, informal or plural for Cestus, an ancient battle glove The "Check Employment Status for Tax" online tool...

(TOS) Starfleet commodore assigned to the Earth Observation Outpost on Cestus III. According to Kirk, he "sets a good table." Travers was killed when...

Pšenička, Jiří (5 February 2023). "Stigma první dámy: Archiv ukázal její cestu do KSČ, po dvou letech odešla". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 5 February...

the edge of a cliff. As portrayed in the novel The Cestus Deception, Ventress appears on Ord Cestus during the Bio-Droid Crisis. She is behind the X'Ting...