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Danish
Etymology
From Latin gestus.
Pronunciation
Noun
gestus c (singular definite gestussen, plural indefinite gestus)
- gesture
Inflection
Ido
Verb
gestus
- conditional of gestar
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of gerō (“carry, bear; wear”).
Participle
gestus (feminine gesta, neuter gestum); first/second-declension participle
- carried, having been carried, borne, having been borne; worn, having been worn
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Action noun from gerō + -tus.
Noun
gestus m (genitive gestūs); fourth declension
- carriage, posture, attitude (of the body)
- gesture
- action
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “gestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gestus 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)
- gestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to borrow instances from history: exempla petere, repetere a rerum gestarum memoria or historiarum (annalium, rerum gestarum) monumentis
- Roman history (i.e. the events in it): res gestae Romanorum
- to be well versed in Roman history: memoriam rerum gestarum (rerum Romanarum) tenere
- exploits in war; brilliant actions: res gestae
- (ambiguous) picture to yourselves the circumstances: ante oculos vestros (not vobis) res gestas proponite
- (ambiguous) to celebrate some one's exploits in song: alicuius res gestas versibus ornare, celebrare
- (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