gestatio

gestatio

Latin

Etymology

    From gestāre + -tiō.

    Noun

    gestātiō f (genitive gestātiōnis); third declension

    1. bearing, carrying, wearing
    2. promenade, ride, drive (in the sense of a brief or leisurely trip)

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative gestātiō gestātiōnēs
    genitive gestātiōnis gestātiōnum
    dative gestātiōnī gestātiōnibus
    accusative gestātiōnem gestātiōnēs
    ablative gestātiōne gestātiōnibus
    vocative gestātiō gestātiōnēs

    Descendants

    • Catalan: gestació
    • French: gestation
    • Galician: xestación
    • Italian: gestazione
    • Portuguese: gestação
    • Spanish: gestación

    References

    • gestatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "gestatio", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • gestatio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • gestatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers