gestamen

Latin

Etymology

From gestō +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡɛsˈtaː.mɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒesˈtaː.men]

Noun

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

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

	singular	plural
nominative	gestāmen	gestāmina
genitive	gestāminis	gestāminum
dative	gestāminī	gestāminibus
accusative	gestāmen	gestāmina
ablative	gestāmine	gestāminibus
vocative	gestāmen	gestāmina

References

• “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, 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.