gestamen

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Latin

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Etymology

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From gestō +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gestāmen n (genitive gestāminis); third declension

  1. Something that is borne or wielded.
  2. A load, burden.
  3. A weapon, or arms.
  4. A vehicle.

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

References

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  • gestamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gestamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gestamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • gestamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.