Danish

Noun

gestus c (singular definite gestussen, plural indefinite gestus)

1. gesture

Inflection

Ido

Verb

gestus

1. conditional of gestar

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of gerō ‎(“carry, bear; wear”).

Participle

gestus m ‎(feminine gesta, neuter gestum); first/second declension

1. carried, having been carried, borne, having been borne; worn, having been worn

Inflection

First/second declension.

Noun

gestus m ‎(genitive gestūs); fourth declension

1. carriage, posture, attitude (of the body)
2. gesture
3. action

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Descendants

• French: geste
• Hungarian: gesztus
• Spanish: gestus

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gestus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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