gero

See also: Gero

Basque

Alternative forms

• guero (obsolete)

Etymology

Unknown, probably contains the adverbial suffix -ro.^[1]

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ɡeɾo/, [ɡe̞.ɾo̞]

Adverb

gero (comparative geroago, superlative geroen, excessive geroegi)

1. later

Noun

gero inan

1. (literary) future

   Synonyms: etorkizun, geroaldi

2. (grammar) future tense

   Synonym: geroaldi

Declension

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	gero	geroa	geroak
ergative	gerok	geroak	geroek
dative	gerori	geroari	geroei
genitive	geroren	geroaren	geroen
comitative	gerorekin	geroarekin	geroekin
causative	gerorengatik	geroarengatik	geroengatik
benefactive	gerorentzat	geroarentzat	geroentzat
instrumental	geroz	geroaz	geroez
inessive	gerotan	geroan	geroetan
locative	gerotako	geroko	geroetako
allative	gerotara	gerora	geroetara
terminative	gerotaraino	geroraino	geroetaraino
directive	gerotarantz	gerorantz	geroetarantz
destinative	gerotarako	gerorako	geroetarako
ablative	gerotatik	gerotik	geroetatik
partitive	gerorik	—	—
prolative	gerotzat	—	—

Declension of gero (inanimate, ending in vowel)

References

1. “gero” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

• “gero”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia
• “gero”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Hausa

Etymology

Apparent cognate with Fula gawri.

Noun

gero

1. pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
2. a short-season, non photoperiod sensitive variety of pearl millet

Related terms

• maiwa
• dauro

References

• Nicholas Awde, Hausa-English English-Hausa Dictionary, Hippocrene, 1996
• I.I. Angarawai, M.C. Dike, T.O. Ajiboye, and O. Ajayi, "Dauro Millet Germplasm Collection in Nigeria," International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter 41, 2000. Pp. 59-62.

Japanese

Romanization

gero

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゲロ

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *gezō, and cognate with Faliscan 𐌊𐌄𐌔𐌄𐌕 (keset).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.roː/, [ˈɡɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.ro/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːro]

Verb

gerō (present infinitive gerere, perfect active gessī, supine gestum); third conjugation

1. to carry, bear

   Synonyms: ferō, portō, vehō, traho, effero

   partum gerere ― to be pregnant (lit., to be carrying an offspring/fetus/embryo/one's young)

   uterum gerere ― to be pregnant (lit., to be bearing the womb)

2. to manage, conduct (e.g., one's affairs)

   Synonyms: moderor, regō, prōcūrō, dispēnsō

3. to rule, govern

   Synonyms: dominor, imperō, magistrō, imperitō, rēgnō, regō, moderor, ōrdinō

4. to wear (i.e. have on clothing)

   Synonyms: portō, vestītus

5. to have or possess (of traits)

   Synonyms: habeo, teneo

6. to perform, accomplish

   Synonyms: perficiō, dēfungor, cōnficiō, agō, cumulō, conclūdō, condō, peragō, absolvō, inclūdō, claudō, expleō, fungor, efficiō, nāvō, patrō, exsequor, perpetrō, trānsigō, exhauriō

7. to exhibit, display, reveal

   Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, expōnō, prōpōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, acclārō, prōdō, indicō, profiteor, vulgō, praestō, coarguō, fateor

8. to carry on or out, wage

   Bellum gerere ― to wage war

   Bellum gerant aliī. ― Let others wage war.

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.23–24:

     Id metuēns, veterisque memor Sāturnia bellī,
     prīma quod ad Trōiam prō cārīs gesserat Argīs.

     Saturn’s [daughter was] fearing this [destiny], and [she was] ever-mindful of the old war against Troy which she had been the first to wage on behalf of her beloved Argos.
     (A daughter of Saturn, Juno – having favored the Greeks and the Greek city Argos – had fought the Trojan war, and now fears the eventual rise of Rome. See: Juno (mythology); Argos, Peloponnese.)

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.59:

     ‘Mārtis opus iuvenēs animōsaque bella gerēbant [...].’

     ‘‘Young men were carrying out the work of Mars and courageous wars [...].’’
     (The voice is that of the muse Urania.)

9. (reflexive) to behave, conduct, comport

Conjugation

Conjugation of gerō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gerō	geris	gerit	gerimus	geritis	gerunt
	imperfect	gerēbam	gerēbās	gerēbat	gerēbāmus	gerēbātis	gerēbant
	future	geram	gerēs	geret	gerēmus	gerētis	gerent
	perfect	gessī	gessistī	gessit	gessimus	gessistis	gessērunt, gessēre
	pluperfect	gesseram	gesserās	gesserat	gesserāmus	gesserātis	gesserant
	future perfect	gesserō	gesseris	gesserit	gesserimus	gesseritis	gesserint
passive	present	geror	gereris, gerere	geritur	gerimur	geriminī	geruntur
	imperfect	gerēbar	gerēbāris, gerēbāre	gerēbātur	gerēbāmur	gerēbāminī	gerēbantur
	future	gerar	gerēris, gerēre	gerētur	gerēmur	gerēminī	gerentur
	perfect	gestus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	gestus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	gestus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	geram	gerās	gerat	gerāmus	gerātis	gerant
	imperfect	gererem	gererēs	gereret	gererēmus	gererētis	gererent
	perfect	gesserim	gesserīs	gesserit	gesserīmus	gesserītis	gesserint
	pluperfect	gessissem	gessissēs	gessisset	gessissēmus	gessissētis	gessissent
passive	present	gerar	gerāris, gerāre	gerātur	gerāmur	gerāminī	gerantur
	imperfect	gererer	gererēris, gererēre	gererētur	gererēmur	gererēminī	gererentur
	perfect	gestus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	gestus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	gere	—	—	gerite	—
	future	—	geritō	geritō	—	geritōte	geruntō
passive	present	—	gerere	—	—	geriminī	—
	future	—	geritor	geritor	—	—	geruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		gerere	gessisse	gestūrum esse	gerī	gestum esse	gestum īrī
participles		gerēns	—	gestūrus	—	gestus	gerendus, gerundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		gerendī	gerendō	gerendum	gerendō	gestum	gestū

Derived terms

• aggerō
• congerō
• dēgerō
• dīgerō
• ēgerō
• -ger
• gerēns
• gerula
• gerulus
• gerundium
• gerundus
• gestiō
• gestō
• gestor
• gestus
• ingerō
• intergerō
• oggerō
• praegerō
• prōgerō
• regerō
• suggerō
• verbigerō

 

Descendants

• French: gérer
• Portuguese: gerir
• Spanish: gerer

Further reading

• “gero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gero in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• gero 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)
• gero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to comply with a person's wishes; to humour: alicui morem gerere, obsequi
    
  • to accomodate oneself to another's wishes: alicuius voluntati morem gerere
    
  • to be at enmity with a man: inimicitias gerere, habere, exercere cum aliquo
    
  • to be occupied with business, busy: negotia agere, gerere
    
  • to give oneself airs: elatius se gerere
    
  • to display a proud obstinacy: contumacius se gerere
    
  • after having duly taken the auspices: auspicato (rem gerere, urbem condere)
    
  • to manage one's affairs, household, property well or ill: rem bene (male) gerere (vid. sect. XVI. 10a)
    
  • to govern, administer the state: rem publicam gerere, administrare, regere, tractare, gubernare
    
  • to be neutral: medium se gerere
    
  • to perform official duties: munus administrare, gerere
    
  • to be dictator: dictaturam gerere
    
  • to perform the censors' duties: censuram agere, gerere
    
  • to perform heroic exploits: magnas res gerere
    
  • to make war on a person: bellum gerere cum aliquo
    
  • to win, lose a fight (of the commander): rem (bene, male) gerere (vid. sect. XII. 2, note rem gerere...)
    
  • to fight with swords at close quarters: gladio comminus (opp. eminus) rem gerere
    
  • to throw down the javelins (pila) and fight with the sword: omissis pilis gladiis rem gerere
    
  • swords must now decide the day: res gladiis geri coepta est
    
  • (ambiguous) to gesticulate: gestum (always in the sing.) agere
    

Mangas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡéró/

Noun

gero

1. millet

References

• Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gerô.

Noun

gero m

1. lust, desire

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: gēre
  • Dutch: geer

Further reading

• “gero”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Portuguese

Verb

gero

1. first-person singular present indicative of gerar

Venetan

Verb

gero

1. first-person singular imperfect indicative of èser