Cestius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Cestĭus, ĭi, m., the name of a Roman plebeian family.

I C. Cestius, Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 26.—

II L. Cestius Pius, a rhetorician of Smyrna , Sen. Contr. 3, prooem. p. 206, 3 al.

III —Hence, Cestĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to L. Cestius : color, Sen. Contr. 1, 7, p. 125.