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gestá

gestá · n

deeds

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Where it lives

Persa 1 · 1.27/10k

What it meant

gesta — Lewis & Short

gesta, ōrum, n.gero, II. B. 3.,

I deeds, acts (rare for res gestae): obscuriora sunt ejus gesta, Nep. Timoth. 4, 6; id. Hann. 13, 3; Sisenn. ap. Gell. 12, 15, 2; Liv. 8, 40, 5: fide gestorum comprobatā, Vet. Cuj. Jurec. Consult. 9, 6 Huschke; David, Vulg. 1 Par. 29, 29; 1 Macc. 13, 42.

In the wild

gestá Plautus, Persa 5.1

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. gesta (scan p. 636; entry #10488). Root candidates: *sé-.

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