gesticulus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-ésti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ǵésti

Proto-Italic *gesō

Latin gerō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin gestus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culus

Latin gesticulus

From gestus (noun) + -culus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛsˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒesˈtiː.ku.lus]

Noun

gesticulus m (genitive gesticulī); second declension

1. a mimic gesture, a pantomime, a gesticulation

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	gesticulus	gesticulī
genitive	gesticulī	gesticulōrum
dative	gesticulō	gesticulīs
accusative	gesticulum	gesticulōs
ablative	gesticulō	gesticulīs
vocative	gesticule	gesticulī

Derived terms

• gesticulāria
• gesticulārius
• gesticulor

References

• “gesticulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gesticulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• gesticulus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung