1. gestus — Lewis & Short
gestus, a, um,
Part., from gero.The corpus record — Latin
gestus
gestus
Part., from gero
Generated live from the audited Latin corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.
Where it lives
- Divus Titus 1 · 6.72/10k
- Epithalamium de nuptiis Honorii Augusti 1 · 4.57/10k
- Apocolocyntosis 1 · 3.69/10k
- De Spectaculis 2 · 3.14/10k
- Paradoxa stoicorum ad M. Brutum 1 · 2.32/10k
- In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 1 · 2.23/10k
- In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
- Divinatio in Q. Caecilium 1 · 1.72/10k
- Orator 3 · 1.62/10k
- De Oratore 9 · 1.49/10k
- Pro L. Cornelio Balbo 1 · 1.47/10k
- Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Densest 12 of 38 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. gestus — Lewis & Short
gestus, ūs, m.gero.
I Lit. (the bearing, i. e. motion of the body, or of a part of the body, esp. of the hand or arm), carriage, posture, attitude, motion, gesture (class.; cf. actus).
A In gen.:
gestum imitari,Lucr. 4, 343; cf. ib. 367:
a forma removeatur omnis viro non dignus ornatus, et huic simile vitium in gestu motuque caveatur,Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:
nunc gestus mihi vultusque est capiundus novus,Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50:
hoc quidem Zeno gestu conficiebat,Cic. Ac. 2, 47, 145:
gratificatur mihi gestu accusator,id. Balb. 6, 14:
gestum manus Ceycis habebat,Ov. M. 11, 673:
ab avium gestu gestuque,motion, Suet. Aug. 7:
quo gestu gallina secetur,Juv. 5, 124.—Plur.: nec flecti cervix nec brachia reddere gestus, Nec pes ire potest, Ov. M. 6, 308.—
B In partic., a gesture, gesticulation of actors or orators according to the rules of art:
numquam agit hunc versum Roscius eo gestu, quo potest, sed abjicit prorsus,Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 102; cf. id. Quint. 24, 77:
gestus histrionis,id. Att. 6, 1, 8:
convenit igitur in gestu nec venustatem conspiciendam nec turpitudinem esse, ne aut histriones aut operarii videamur esse,Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26; cf.:
vox et gestus subito sumi et aliunde arripi non potest,Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:
omnis actio in duas partes divisa, vocem gestumque,Quint. 11, 3, 14; id. 2, 59, 242:
tardiore et consideratiore gestu uti,Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27: jactantior, Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:
acer atque instans,Quint. 11, 3, 92:
certus sed paulo productior,id. ib.:
comicus magis quam oratorius,id. ib. 125 et saep.—Plur.:
histrionum nonnulli gestus ineptiis non vacant,Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130:
alterni,Quint. 6, 3, 65:
breves,id. 11, 3, 100: quae (concinnitas) verborum collocationem illuminat his luminibus, quae Graeci quasi aliquos gestus orationis sxh/mata appellant, Cic. Or. 25, 83; Quint. 9, 1, 13;
and without quasi,Gell. 11, 13, 10:
Urbicus risum movet gestibus Autonoes,Juv. 6, 72.—
II (Acc. to gero, II. B. 3.) A management, administration (post-class.), Dig. 26, 10, 3, § 9; ib. 7, 23; ib. 5, § 2.
In the wild
- gestu Cicero, Orator 59
- gestu Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 16.12.28
- gestu Cicero, De Oratore 1.252
- gestu Apuleius, Apologia 89.p2
- gestu Cicero, Letters to Atticus 6.1.8
- gestibus Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 30.3.5
6 of 86 attestations shown.
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