gesto Latin · revision 31321

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *h₂ǵ-es-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɡɛs.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈd͡ʒɛs.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''gestō''' (present infinitive gestāre, perfect active gestāvī, supine gestātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the frequentative of [[m|la|gerō|t=to carry, bear]], formed from its supine stem with [[m|la|-tō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨gerō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*ges-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂ǵ-es-|t=to carry]], an s-extension of the root of [[m|la|agō|t=to drive]], a derivation first proposed by Osthoff and accepted since the laryngeal theory.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has “they are looking for me with fetters in their hands” in the ''Epidicus'', and the tokens a girl wore when small in the ''Rudens''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to carry about with one, to wear insignia or ornaments, and to carry tales about, as Plautus' men who spread and listen to accusations.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of winds and currents it is to bear along, as in Seneca.^(OLD 2012) It is to carry someone about in a litter or on horseback, as Horace's man who likes to carry a lamb about in a litter, and intransitively to take a ride, as in Suetonius.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) It is to carry in the womb, as Plautus' “she carried me ten months”, to hold the body in a certain way, and to harbour a state of mind.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Lewis and Short call it mostly poetic and post-Augustan, used for ''ferō'', ''portō'', ''gerō'' and ''habeō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Church Latin glosses it “carry, wear, report”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of fetters, tokens and the womb.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of a lamb carried in a litter.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca of the universe bearing things along.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius of taking a ride.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To carry about; to [[m|en|wear]] (insignia); to spread (tales).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(of winds, currents)'' To bear along.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To carry for a ride (in a [[m|en|litter]]);^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''(intransitive)'' to take a ride.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To carry in the [[m|en|womb]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To carry (the body) in a certain way; to harbour (feelings, thoughts).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[circumgestō]]

+ * [[gestābilis]]

+ * [[gestāmen]]

+ * [[gestātiō]]

+ * [[gestātor]]

+ * [[gestātrix]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[gerō]]

+ * [[gestus]]

+ * [[portō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}