Cesʹtus
,in Homer, is the girdle of Venus, of magical power to move to ardent love. In Jerusalem Delivered, Arʹmida wore a similar cestus.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.