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gesto
gesto
See also: gestó
Esperanto
Noun
gesto (accusative singular geston, plural gestoj, accusative plural gestojn)
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
Frequentative of gerō (“carry, bear”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡes.toː/
Verb
gestō (present infinitive gestāre, perfect active gestāvī, supine gestātum); first conjugation
Inflection
Participle
gestō
- dative masculine singular of gestus
- dative neuter singular of gestus
- ablative masculine singular of gestus
- ablative neuter singular of gestus
References
- gesto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gesto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “gesto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to carry in one's arms: in manibus aliquem gestare
- to love and make a bosom friend of a person: aliquem in sinu gestare (aliquis est in sinu alicuius) (Ter. Ad. 4. 5. 75)
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(ambiguous) picture to yourselves the circumstances: ante oculos vestros (not vobis) res gestas proponite
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(ambiguous) to celebrate some one's exploits in song: alicuius res gestas versibus ornare, celebrare
- to carry in one's arms: in manibus aliquem gestare
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese gesto, from Latin gestus.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʒɛʃ.tu/
- Hyphenation: ges‧to
Noun
gesto m (plural gestos)