gestāmen (noun N) : id..
* That which is borne or worn, a burden, load; ornaments, accoutrements, arms, etc. (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): clipeus, magni gestamen Abantis,Verg. A. 3, 286; so of a shield,Sil. 5, 349: hoc Priami gestamen erat,Verg. A. 7, 246: haruspices religiosum id gestamen (sc. margaritas) amoliendis periculis arbitrantur,Plin. 32, 2, 11, § 23; cf. id. 37, 8, 33, § 111: speculum, gestamen Othonis,Juv. 2, 99: (asini),a burden, load,App. M. 7, p. 197: gestaminis lapsi tinnitus,Amm. 16, 5, 4.—Plur.: cognovi clipeum laevae gestamina nostrae,Ov. M. 15, 163; cf.: ista decent humeros gestamina nostros,id. ib. 1, 457; 13, 116: sua virgo Deae gestamina reddit,i. e. a necklace,Val. Fl. 6, 671; App. M. 11, p. 258; 3, p. 141.
* That with or in which any thing is carried.
* A litter, sedan: quotiens per urbes incederet, lecticae gestamine fastuque erga patrias epulas,Tac. A. 2, 2; cf.: Agrippina gestamine sellae Baias pervecta,a sedan - chair,id. ib. 14, 4; so, sellae,id. ib. 15, 57 (for which: gestatoria sella,Suet. Ner. 26; id. Vit. 16).
* A carriage, vehicle: in eodem gestamine sedem poscit,id. ib. 11, 33.
* Any means of conveyance: comes celsi vehitur gestamine conti,Val. Fl. 6, 71: lento gestamine vilis aselli,Sedul. 4, 297.

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