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gesticulor

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Where it lives

Domitianus 1 · 2.91/10k
De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Satyricon 2 · 0.66/10k

What it meant

gestĭcŭlor — Lewis & Short

gestĭcŭlor, ātus, 1,

I v. dep. n. and a. [gesticulus], to make mimic or pantomimic gestures, to gesticulate (perhaps not anteAug.; cf.: gestum agere, Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 233): scissor ad symphoniam gesticulatus laceravit obsonium, Petr. 36: gesticulandi saltandique studium, Suet. Dom. 8; Front. Orat. 1: jocularia carmina lasciveque modulata, quae vulgo notuerunt, etiam gesticulatus est, he represented in pantomime, Suet. Ner. 42.—Part. in pass. signif.: gesticulati motus, pantomimic movements, Sol. 27 fin.

In the wild

gesticulatus Petronius, Satyricon 59
gesticulatus Suetonius, Nero 42.2
gesticulatur Apuleius, Florida 18.p1
gesticulandi Suetonius, Domitianus 8.3
gesticulatur Tertullian, De Spectaculis 17.1
gesticulatus Petronius, Satyricon 36

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. gesticulor (scan p. 298; entry #4669).

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