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Basque
Etymology
Unknown, probably contains the adverbial suffix -ro.[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
gero (comparative geroago, superlative geroen, excessive geroegi)
- later
Noun
gero inan
- (literary) future
- Synonyms: etorkizun, geroaldi
- (grammar) future tense
- Synonym: geroaldi
Declension
Declension of gero (inanimate, ending in vowel)
References
Further reading
- “gero”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “gero”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Hausa
Etymology
Apparent cognate with Fula gawri.
Noun
gero
- pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
- a short-season, non photoperiod sensitive variety of pearl millet
References
- Nicholas Awde, Hausa-English English-Hausa Dictionary, Hippocrene, 1996
- I.I. Angarawai, M.C. Dike, T.O. Ajiboye, and O. Ajayi, "Dauro Millet Germplasm Collection in Nigeria," International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter 41, 2000. Pp. 59-62.
Japanese
Romanization
gero
- Rōmaji transcription of ゲロ
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *gezō, and cognate with Faliscan 𐌊𐌄𐌔𐌄𐌕 (keset).
Pronunciation
Verb
gerō (present infinitive gerere, perfect active gessī, supine gestum); third conjugation
- to carry, bear
- Synonyms: ferō, portō, vehō, traho, effero
- partum gerere ― to be pregnant (lit., to be carrying an offspring/fetus/embryo/one's young)
- uterum gerere ― to be pregnant (lit., to be bearing the womb)
- to manage, conduct (e.g., one's affairs)
- Synonyms: moderor, regō, prōcūrō, dispēnsō
- to rule, govern
- Synonyms: dominor, imperō, magistrō, imperitō, rēgnō, regō, moderor, ōrdinō
- to wear (i.e. have on clothing)
- Synonyms: portō, vestītus
- to have or possess (of traits)
- Synonyms: habeo, teneo
- to perform, accomplish
- Synonyms: perficiō, dēfungor, cōnficiō, agō, cumulō, conclūdō, condō, peragō, absolvō, inclūdō, claudō, expleō, fungor, efficiō, nāvō, patrō, exsequor, perpetrō, trānsigō, exhauriō
- to exhibit, display, reveal
- Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, expōnō, prōpōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, acclārō, prōdō, indicō, profiteor, vulgō, praestō, coarguō, fateor
- to carry on or out, wage
- Bellum gerere ― to wage war
- Bellum gerant aliī. ― Let others wage war.
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.23–24:
- Id metuēns, veterisque memor Sāturnia bellī,
prīma quod ad Trōiam prō cārīs gesserat Argīs.- Saturn’s fearing this , and ever-mindful of the old war against Troy which she had been the first to wage on behalf of her beloved Argos.
(A daughter of Saturn, Juno – having favored the Greeks and the Greek city Argos – had fought the Trojan war, and now fears the eventual rise of Rome. See: Juno (mythology); Argos, Peloponnese.)
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 5.59:
- ‘Mārtis opus iuvenēs animōsaque bella gerēbant .’
- ‘‘Young men were carrying out the work of Mars and courageous wars .’’
(The voice is that of the muse Urania.)
- (reflexive) to behave, conduct, comport
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “gero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gero in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- gero in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- gero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to comply with a person's wishes; to humour: alicui morem gerere, obsequi
- to accomodate oneself to another's wishes: alicuius voluntati morem gerere
- to be at enmity with a man: inimicitias gerere, habere, exercere cum aliquo
- to be occupied with business, busy: negotia agere, gerere
- to give oneself airs: elatius se gerere
- to display a proud obstinacy: contumacius se gerere
- after having duly taken the auspices: auspicato (rem gerere, urbem condere)
- to manage one's affairs, household, property well or ill: rem bene (male) gerere (vid. sect. XVI. 10a)
- to govern, administer the state: rem publicam gerere, administrare, regere, tractare, gubernare
- to be neutral: medium se gerere
- to perform official duties: munus administrare, gerere
- to be dictator: dictaturam gerere
- to perform the censors' duties: censuram agere, gerere
- to perform heroic exploits: magnas res gerere
- to make war on a person: bellum gerere cum aliquo
- to win, lose a fight (of the commander): rem (bene, male) gerere (vid. sect. XII. 2, note rem gerere...)
- to fight with swords at close quarters: gladio comminus (opp. eminus) rem gerere
- to throw down the javelins (pila) and fight with the sword: omissis pilis gladiis rem gerere
- swords must now decide the day: res gladiis geri coepta est
- (ambiguous) to gesticulate: gestum (always in the sing.) agere
Mangas
Pronunciation
Noun
gero
- millet
References
- Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gerô.
Noun
gero m
- lust, desire
Inflection
Declension of gero (masculine an-stem noun)
Descendants
Further reading
- “gero”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Portuguese
Verb
gero
- first-person singular present indicative of gerar
Venetan
Verb
gero
- first-person singular imperfect indicative of èser