Japanese

Romanization

gero

1. rōmaji reading of ゲロ

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *gezō. According to De Vaan^[1], from a post-PIE *h₂ǵ-es-, from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eǵ- (from which agō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.roː/

Verb

gerō ‎(present infinitive gerere, perfect active gessī, supine gestum); third conjugation

1. I carry, bear
2. I wear (i.e. have on clothing)
3. I have or possess (of traits)
4. I carry (on), conduct, wage

   Bellum gerere.

   To wage war.

   Bellum gerant alii.

   Let others wage war.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (carry): ferō, portō, vehō

Derived terms

Descendants

• French: gérer
• Portuguese: gerir
• Spanish: gerer

References

• 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 Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gero”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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
    

1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Portuguese

Verb

gero

1. first-person singular present indicative of gerar

Venetian

Verb

gero

1. first-person singular imperfect indicative of èser