gestus (noun M) : gero.
* 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).
* 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.
* (Acc. to gero, II. B. 3.) A management, administration (post-class.), Dig. 26, 10, 3, § 9; ib. 7, 23; ib. 5, § 2.

gestus, a, um, Part., from gero.

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