verb deponent intransitive

gestĭcŭlor

2nd PP gestĭcŭlārī · 3rd PP gestĭcŭlātus · conj. 1st

to make mimic; pantomimic gestures; to gesticulate ••

v. dep. n. and a. [gesticulus], to make mimic or pantomimic gestures, to gesticulate (perhaps not anteAug.; cf.: gestum agere, Cic. de Or. 2, 57, 233): scissor ad symphoniam gesticulatus laceravit obsonium, Petr. 36: gesticulandi saltandique studium, Suet. Dom. 8; Front. Orat. 1: jocularia carmina lasciveque modulata, quae vulgo notuerunt, etiam gesticulatus est, he represented in pantomime, Suet. Ner. 42.—Part. in pass. signif.: gesticulati motus, pantomimic movements, Sol. 27 fin.

Perseus ID: n19542 Key: gesticulor