gesta

See also: gestá, gęsta, gęstą, and gestă

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

gesta f (plural gestes)Category:Catalan lemmas#GESTACategory:Catalan nouns#GESTACategory:Catalan countable nouns#GESTACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#GESTACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#GESTACategory:Pages with entries#GESTACategory:Pages with 7 entries#GESTA

  1. feat, achievement, heroic deed

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

gestaCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#GESTACategory:Catalan verb forms#GESTACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#GESTACategory:Pages with entries#GESTACategory:Pages with 7 entries#GESTA

  1. inflection of gestar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Icelandic

Noun

gestaCategory:Icelandic non-lemma forms#GESTACategory:Icelandic noun forms#GESTACategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#GESTACategory:Pages with entries#GESTACategory:Pages with 7 entries#GESTA

  1. indefinite genitive plural of gestur

Italian

Pronunciation

Noun

gesta f pl (plural only)Category:Italian lemmas#GESTACategory:Italian nouns#GESTACategory:Italian nouns with irregular gender#GESTACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#GESTACategory:Italian feminine nouns#GESTACategory:Italian pluralia tantum#GESTACategory:Pages with entries#GESTACategory:Pages with 7 entries#GESTA

  1. (literaryCategory:Italian literary terms#GESTA or humorousCategory:Italian humorous terms#GESTA) deeds, exploits, achievements

References

  1. ↑ gesta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

gestaCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#GESTACategory:Latin participle forms#GESTACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#GESTACategory:Pages with entries#GESTACategory:Pages with 7 entries#GESTA

  1. inflection of gestus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

gestāCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#GESTACategory:Latin participle forms#GESTACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#GESTACategory:Pages with entries#GESTACategory:Pages with 7 entries#GESTA

  1. ablative feminine singular of gestus

Noun

gesta n pl (genitive gestōrum)Category:Latin lemmas#GESTACategory:Latin nouns#GESTACategory:Latin second declension nouns#GESTACategory:Latin neuter nouns in the second declension#GESTACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#GESTACategory:Latin neuter nouns#GESTACategory:Latin pluralia tantum#GESTACategory:Pages with entries#GESTACategory:Pages with 7 entries#GESTA; second declension

  1. (rareCategory:Latin terms with rare senses#GESTA) deeds, acts, achievements
    Synonym: rēs gestae

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

References

  • “gesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “gesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "gesta", 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)
  • “gesta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to detail the whole history of an affair: ordine narrare, quomodo res gesta sit
    • (ambiguous) to gesticulate: gestum (always in the sing.) agere
    • (ambiguous) a success; a glorious feat of arms: res fortiter feliciterque gesta
    • (ambiguous) a success; a glorious feat of arms: res bene gesta
    Category:Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

ġestaCategory:Old English non-lemma forms#GESTACategory:Old English noun forms#GESTACategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#GESTACategory:Pages with entries#GESTACategory:Pages with 7 entries#GESTA

  1. genitive plural of ġest

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#GESTACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#GESTA genesta.

Alternative forms

Noun

gesta f (plural gestas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#GESTACategory:Portuguese nouns#GESTACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#GESTACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#GESTACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#GESTACategory:Pages with entries#GESTACategory:Pages with 7 entries#GESTA

  1. (botanyCategory:pt:Botany#GESTA) broom (leguminosae shrub)
    Synonym: giesteira

Etymology 2

Verb

gestaCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#GESTACategory:Portuguese verb forms#GESTACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#GESTACategory:Pages with entries#GESTACategory:Pages with 7 entries#GESTA

  1. inflection of gestar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Spanish entries#GESTA

Noun

gesta f (plural gestas)Category:Spanish lemmas#GESTACategory:Spanish nouns#GESTACategory:Spanish countable nouns#GESTACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#GESTACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#GESTACategory:Pages with entries#GESTACategory:Pages with 7 entries#GESTA

  1. feat, achievement, heroic deed
    Synonyms: hazaña, proeza, heroicidad
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

gestaCategory:Spanish non-lemma forms#GESTACategory:Spanish verb forms#GESTACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#GESTACategory:Pages with entries#GESTACategory:Pages with 7 entries#GESTA

  1. inflection of gestar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Category:Catalan countable nouns Category:Catalan feminine nouns Category:Catalan lemmas Category:Catalan non-lemma forms Category:Catalan nouns Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Catalan verb forms Category:Icelandic non-lemma forms Category:Icelandic noun forms Category:Italian 2-syllable words Category:Italian feminine nouns Category:Italian humorous terms Category:Italian lemmas Category:Italian literary terms Category:Italian nouns Category:Italian nouns with irregular gender Category:Italian pluralia tantum Category:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Latin lemmas Category:Latin neuter nouns Category:Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Category:Latin non-lemma forms Category:Latin nouns Category:Latin participle forms Category:Latin pluralia tantum Category:Latin second declension nouns Category:Latin terms with rare senses Category:Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook Category:Old English non-lemma forms Category:Old English noun forms Category:Old English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Pages with 7 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words Category:Portuguese countable nouns Category:Portuguese feminine nouns Category:Portuguese lemmas Category:Portuguese non-lemma forms Category:Portuguese nouns Category:Portuguese terms derived from Latin Category:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin Category:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Portuguese verb forms Category:Requests for etymologies in Spanish entries Category:Rhymes:Catalan/esta Category:Rhymes:Catalan/esta/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Italian/ɛsta Category:Rhymes:Italian/ɛsta/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛstɐ Category:Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛstɐ/2 syllables Category:Rhymes:Spanish/esta Category:Rhymes:Spanish/esta/2 syllables Category:Spanish 2-syllable words Category:Spanish countable nouns Category:Spanish feminine nouns Category:Spanish lemmas Category:Spanish non-lemma forms Category:Spanish nouns Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Spanish verb forms Category:pt:Botany