gestamen

Latin

Etymology

From gestō +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡesˈtaː.men/, [ɡɛs̠ˈt̪äːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒesˈta.men/, [d͡ʒesˈt̪äːmen]

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).

Case	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’s 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.