gesta

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See also: gestá, gęsta, gęstą, and gestă

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

gesta f (plural gestes)

  1. feat, achievement, heroic deed

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

gesta

  1. inflection of gestar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Icelandic

Noun

gesta

  1. indefinite genitive plural of gestur

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.sta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsta
  • Hyphenation: gè‧sta

Noun

gesta f pl (plural only)

  1. (literary, humorous) deeds, exploits, achievements

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

gesta

  1. inflection of gestus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

gestā

  1. ablative feminine singular of gestus

Noun

gesta n pl (genitive gestōrum); second declension

  1. (rare) deeds, acts, achievements
    Synonym: rēs gestae

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

plural
nominative gesta
genitive gestōrum
dative gestīs
accusative gesta
ablative gestīs
vocative gesta

References

  • “gesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “gesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gesta 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)
  • gesta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to detail the whole history of an affair: ordine narrare, quomodo res gesta sit
    • (ambiguous) to gesticulate: gestum (always in the sing.) agere
    • (ambiguous) a success; a glorious feat of arms: res fortiter feliciterque gesta
    • (ambiguous) a success; a glorious feat of arms: res bene gesta

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin genesta.

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Noun

gesta f (plural gestas)

  1. (botany) broom (leguminosae shrub)
    Synonym: giesteira

Etymology 2

Verb

gesta

  1. inflection of gestar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxesta/
  • Rhymes: -esta
  • Syllabification: ges‧ta

Etymology 1

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Noun

gesta f (plural gestas)

  1. feat, achievement, heroic deed
    Synonyms: hazaña, proeza, heroicidad
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

gesta

  1. inflection of gestar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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