verb frequentative transitive

gestĭto

2nd PP gestĭtāre · 3rd PP gestĭtāvi · 4th PP gestĭtātum · conj. 1st

to carry often; much; to be wont to carry ••

to carry often or much, to be wont to carry or bear (ante- and post-class.): mea haec (crepundia) herilis gestitavit filia, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 83 sq.: istum anulum (pater), id. Curc. 5, 2, 4: machaeram feriatam, id. Mil. 1, 1, 7; id. Poen. 1, 2, 186: qui pectus purum et firmum gestitat, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17, 10 (Trag. v. 340 Vahl.): poma, Sol. 45.

Perseus ID: n19546 Key: gestito