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

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		gestīre			—			gestiēns			—
future		gestītūrum esse			—			gestītūrus			—
perfect		gestīvisse, gestiisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		gestītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		gestiendī		gestiendō		gestiendum		gestiendō		gestītum		gestītū

   Conjugation of gestiō (fourth conjugation, no passive)

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)