gestus

See also: gestus'

Danish

Etymology

From Latin gestus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛsdus/, [ˈɡ̊ɛsd̥us]

Noun

gestus c (singular definite gestussen, plural indefinite gestus)

1. gesture

Inflection

Declension of gestus

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gestus	gestussen	gestus	gestussene
genitive	gestus'	gestussens	gestus'	gestussenes

Ido

Verb

gestus

1. conditional of gestar

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡes.tus/, [ˈɡɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒes.tus/, [ˈd͡ʒɛst̪us]

Etymology 1

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

Participle

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	gestus	gesta	gestum		gestī	gestae	gesta
Genitive	gestī	gestae	gestī		gestōrum	gestārum	gestōrum
Dative	gestō		gestō		gestīs
Accusative	gestum	gestam	gestum		gestōs	gestās	gesta
Ablative	gestō	gestā	gestō		gestīs
Vocative	geste	gesta	gestum		gestī	gestae	gesta

Derived terms

• gesta

Etymology 2

Action noun from gerō +‎ -tus.

Noun

gestus m (genitive gestūs); fourth declension

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

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gestus	gestūs
Genitive	gestūs	gestuum
Dative	gestuī	gestibus
Accusative	gestum	gestūs
Ablative	gestū	gestibus
Vocative	gestus	gestūs

Derived terms

• gesticulus
• gestiō

Descendants

• Catalan: gest
• English: gesture
• French: geste
• Galician: xesto
• German: Geste
• Hungarian: gesztus
• Italian: gesto
• Portuguese: gesto
• Romanian: gest
• Sicilian: gestu
• Spanish: gesto

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