The corpus record — Latin

gestor

gestor · m

A tale-bearer

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Where it lives

Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 1 · 3.77/10k
Res Gestae 32 · 2.51/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 1 · 1.32/10k
Suasoriae 1 · 0.97/10k
Alexander Severus 1 · 0.94/10k
Pseudolus 1 · 0.9/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 9 1 · 0.62/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 3 1 · 0.5/10k
De consolatione philosophiae 1 · 0.41/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.22/10k
De Beneficiis 1 · 0.22/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

gestor — Lewis & Short

gestor, ōris, m.id.. *

I A tale-bearer, tattler: homines qui gestant quique auscultant crimina, Si meo arbitratu liceat, omnes pendeant, Gestores linguis, auditores auribus, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 12.—*

II A manager, performer: negotiorum, Dig. 49, 1, 24.

In the wild

gestorum Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.3.69.3
gestorum Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 26.5.10
gestorum Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 26.7.2
gestorum Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.5.38
gestorum Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 28.6.28
gestorum Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 29.1.4

6 of 48 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. gestor (scan p. 298; entry #4664).

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