"gesticulus" meaning in Latin

See gesticulus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɡɛsˈtɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs] [Classical-Latin], [d͡ʒesˈtiː.ku.lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin gestus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin gesticulus From gestus (noun) + -culus. Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|gestus<pos:noun>|-culus|text=+|title=gesticulus|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin gestus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -culus Latin gesticulus [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-kelos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-culus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "gesticulus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="gesticulus"> From gestus (noun) + -culus. Head templates: {{la-noun|gesticulus<2>|g=m}} gesticulus m (genitive gesticulī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|gesticulus<2>}} Forms: gesticulī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], gesticulus [nominative, singular], gesticulī [nominative, plural], gesticulī [genitive, singular], gesticulōrum [genitive, plural], gesticulō [dative, singular], gesticulīs [dative, plural], gesticulum [accusative, singular], gesticulōs [accusative, plural], gesticulō [ablative, singular], gesticulīs [ablative, plural], gesticule [singular, vocative], gesticulī [plural, vocative]
  1. a mimic gesture, a pantomime, a gesticulation Tags: declension-2, masculine Derived forms: gesticulāria, gesticulārius, gesticulor
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