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cestron, v. cestrum.

1. cestros, i, f., = κέστρος, the plant betony: Betonica officinalis, Linn.; Plin. 25, 8, 46, § 84.

2. Cestrŏs, i, m., a river of Pamphylia, now Ak-su, Mel. 1, 14, 2.

cestrosphendŏnē, ēs, f., = κεστροσφενδόνη, a mililary engine for hurling stones, Liv. 42, 65, 9.

cestrōtus, a, um, adj., = κεστρωτός, represented by means of a graver (κέστρον): cornua, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 126.

cestrum (-on), i, n., = κέστρον, a graver, graving tool, used in encaustic painting, Plin. 35, 11, 41, § 149.