gestus
See also: gestus'
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɛsdus/, [ˈɡ̊ɛsd̥us]
Noun
gestus c (singular definite gestussen, plural indefinite gestus)
Inflection
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gestus | gestussen | gestus | gestussene |
| genitive | gestus' | gestussens | gestus' | gestussenes |
References
- “gestus” in Den Danske Ordbog
Ido
Verb
gestus
- conditional of gestar
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɛs.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛs.t̪us]
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of gerō (“carry, bear; wear”).
Participle
gestus (feminine gesta, neuter gestum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | gestus | gesta | gestum | gestī | gestae | gesta | |
| genitive | gestī | gestae | gestī | gestōrum | gestārum | gestōrum | |
| dative | gestō | gestae | gestō | gestīs | |||
| accusative | gestum | gestam | gestum | gestōs | gestās | gesta | |
| ablative | gestō | gestā | gestō | gestīs | |||
| vocative | geste | gesta | gestum | gestī | gestae | gesta | |
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Action noun from gerō + -tus.
Noun
gestus m (genitive gestūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gestus | gestūs |
| genitive | gestūs | gestuum |
| dative | gestuī | gestibus |
| accusative | gestum | gestūs |
| ablative | gestū | gestibus |
| vocative | gestus | gestūs |
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[1], 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
- to borrow instances from history: exempla petere, repetere a rerum gestarum memoria or historiarum (annalium, rerum gestarum) monumentis