gero

See also: Gero

Basque

Alternative forms

• guero (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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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

Declension of gero (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	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	—	—

References

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

Further reading

• “gero”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “gero”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], 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

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		gerere			gerī			gerēns			—
future		gestūrum esse			gestum īrī			gestūrus			gerendus, gerundus
perfect		gessisse			gestum esse			—			gestus
future perfect		—			gestum fore			—			—
perfect potential		gestūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		gerendī		gerendō		gerendum		gerendō		gestum		gestū

   Conjugation of gerō (third conjugation)

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 (2003-2025), 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

case	singular	plural
nominative	gero	geron
accusative	geron	geron
genitive	gerin	gerono
dative	gerin	geron

Declension of gero (masculine an-stem noun)

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