The corpus record — Latin

gestito

gestito · v. freq. a

to carry often

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Where it lives

Cistellaria 4 · 7.65/10k
Curculio 1 · 1.62/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k

What it meant

gestĭto — Lewis & Short

gestĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.gesto,

I to carry often or much, to be wont to carry or bear (ante- and post-class.): mea haec (crepundia) herilis gestitavit filia, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 83 sq.: istum anulum (pater), id. Curc. 5, 2, 4: machaeram feriatam, id. Mil. 1, 1, 7; id. Poen. 1, 2, 186: qui pectus purum et firmum gestitat, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17, 10 (Trag. v. 340 Vahl.): poma, Sol. 45.

In the wild

gestitavit Plautus, Cistellaria 4.2
gestitant Historia Augusta, Tyranni Triginta 14
gestitavit Plautus, Cistellaria 4.2
gestitavit Plautus, Cistellaria 4.2
gestitavit Plautus, Curculio 5.2
gestitavit Plautus, Cistellaria 4.2

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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