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