gestio

See also: gestió

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡes.ti.oː/, [ˈɡɛs̠t̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒes.ti.o/, [ˈd͡ʒɛst̪io]

Etymology 1

From gestus (“gesture”).

Verb

gestiō (present infinitive gestīre, perfect active gestīvī or gestiī, supine gestītum); fourth conjugation, no passive

1. to be eager; to exult
2. to gesticulate

Conjugation

Conjugation of gestiō (fourth conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gestiō	gestīs	gestit	gestīmus	gestītis	gestiunt
	imperfect	gestiēbam	gestiēbās	gestiēbat	gestiēbāmus	gestiēbātis	gestiēbant
	future	gestiam	gestiēs	gestiet	gestiēmus	gestiētis	gestient
	perfect	gestīvī, gestiī	gestīvistī, gestiistī	gestīvit, gestiit	gestīvimus, gestiimus	gestīvistis, gestiistis	gestīvērunt, gestīvēre, gestiērunt, gestiēre
	pluperfect	gestīveram, gestieram	gestīverās, gestierās	gestīverat, gestierat	gestīverāmus, gestierāmus	gestīverātis, gestierātis	gestīverant, gestierant
	future perfect	gestīverō, gestierō	gestīveris, gestieris	gestīverit, gestierit	gestīverimus, gestierimus	gestīveritis, gestieritis	gestīverint, gestierint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	gestiam	gestiās	gestiat	gestiāmus	gestiātis	gestiant
	imperfect	gestīrem	gestīrēs	gestīret	gestīrēmus	gestīrētis	gestīrent
	perfect	gestīverim, gestierim	gestīverīs, gestierīs	gestīverit, gestierit	gestīverīmus, gestierīmus	gestīverītis, gestierītis	gestīverint, gestierint
	pluperfect	gestīvissem, gestiissem	gestīvissēs, gestiissēs	gestīvisset, gestiisset	gestīvissēmus, gestiissēmus	gestīvissētis, gestiissētis	gestīvissent, gestiissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	gestī	—	—	gestīte	—
	future	—	gestītō	gestītō	—	gestītōte	gestiuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		gestīre	gestīvisse, gestiisse	gestītūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		gestiēns	—	gestītūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		gestiendī	gestiendō	gestiendum	gestiendō	gestītum	gestītū

Etymology 2

gerō (“to carry”) +‎ -tiō.

Noun

gestiō f (genitive gestiōnis); third declension

1. (rare) managing, performing, doing
2. (Late Latin) behaving

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	gestiō	gestiōnēs
genitive	gestiōnis	gestiōnum
dative	gestiōnī	gestiōnibus
accusative	gestiōnem	gestiōnēs
ablative	gestiōne	gestiōnibus
vocative	gestiō	gestiōnēs

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: gestió
• → French: gestion
• → Italian: gestione
• → Romanian: gestiune
• → Sicilian: gistiuni
• → Spanish: gestión

References

• “gestio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gestio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gestio 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)
• gestio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be transported with joy: laetitia gestire (Tusc. 4. 6. 13)