See also: Gero
Basque
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- guero (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]Unknown, probably contains the adverbial suffix -ro.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]gero (comparative geroago, superlative geroen, excessive geroegi)
Noun
[edit]gero inan
Declension
[edit]| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | gero | geroa | geroak | gerook |
| ergative | gerok | geroak | geroek | gerook |
| dative | gerori | geroari | geroei | gerooi |
| genitive | geroren | geroaren | geroen | geroon |
| comitative | gerorekin | geroarekin | geroekin | gerookin |
| causative | gerorengatik | geroarengatik | geroengatik | geroongatik |
| benefactive | gerorentzat | geroarentzat | geroentzat | geroontzat |
| instrumental | geroz | geroaz | geroez | gerootaz |
| inessive | gerotan | geroan | geroetan | gerootan |
| locative | gerotako | geroko | geroetako | gerootako |
| allative | gerotara | gerora | geroetara | gerootara |
| terminative | gerotaraino | geroraino | geroetaraino | gerootaraino |
| directive | gerotarantz | gerorantz | geroetarantz | gerootarantz |
| destinative | gerotarako | gerorako | geroetarako | gerootarako |
| ablative | gerotatik | gerotik | geroetatik | gerootatik |
| partitive | gerorik | — | — | — |
| prolative | gerotzat | — | — | — |
References
[edit]- ^ R. L. Trask (2008), “gero”, in Max W. Wheeler, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex, page 204
Further reading
[edit]- “gero”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “gero”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Hausa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Apparent cognate with Fula gawri.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gērō m (possessed form gēron)
- pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
- a short-season, non photoperiod sensitive variety of pearl millet
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Angarawai, I.I.; Dike, M.C.; Ajiboye, T.O.; Ajayi, O. (2000), “Dauro Millet Germplasm Collection in Nigeria”, in International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter[1], volume 41, pages 59–62
- Awde, Nicholas (1996), Hausa-English/English-Hausa Dictionary, New York, USA: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN
- Newman, Paul (2007), A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 73.
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]gero
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *gezō, and cognate with Faliscan 𐌊𐌄𐌔𐌄𐌕 (keset).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɛ.roː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.ro]
Verb
[edit]gerō (present infinitive gerere, perfect active gessī, supine gestum); third conjugation
- to carry, bear
- to manage, conduct (e.g., one's affairs)
- to rule, govern
- to wear (i.e. have on clothing)
- to have or possess (of traits)
- to perform, accomplish
- to exhibit, display, reveal
- to carry on or out, wage
- Bellum gerere ― to wage war
- Bellum gerant aliī. ― Let others wage war.
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.23–24:
- Id metuēns, veterisque memor Sāturnia bellī,
prīma quod ad Trōiam prō cārīs gesserat Argīs.- Saturn’s [daughter was] fearing this [destiny], and [she was] ever-mindful of the old war against Troy which she had been the first to wage on behalf of her beloved Argos.
(A daughter of Saturn, Juno – having favored the Greeks and the Greek city Argos – had fought the Trojan war, and now fears the eventual rise of Rome. See: Juno (mythology); Argos, Peloponnese.)
- Saturn’s [daughter was] fearing this [destiny], and [she was] ever-mindful of the old war against Troy which she had been the first to wage on behalf of her beloved Argos.
- Id metuēns, veterisque memor Sāturnia bellī,
- (reflexive) to behave, conduct, comport
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of gerō (third conjugation)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “gero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gero in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- "gero", 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)
- “gero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to comply with a person's wishes; to humour: alicui morem gerere, obsequi
- to accomodate oneself to another's wishes: alicuius voluntati morem gerere
- to be at enmity with a man: inimicitias gerere, habere, exercere cum aliquo
- to be occupied with business, busy: negotia agere, gerere
- to give oneself airs: elatius se gerere
- to display a proud obstinacy: contumacius se gerere
- after having duly taken the auspices: auspicato (rem gerere, urbem condere)
- to manage one's affairs, household, property well or ill: rem bene (male) gerere (vid. sect. XVI. 10a)
- to govern, administer the state: rem publicam gerere, administrare, regere, tractare, gubernare
- to be neutral: medium se gerere
- to perform official duties: munus administrare, gerere
- to be dictator: dictaturam gerere
- to perform the censors' duties: censuram agere, gerere
- to perform heroic exploits: magnas res gerere
- to make war on a person: bellum gerere cum aliquo
- to win, lose a fight (of the commander): rem (bene, male) gerere (vid. sect. XII. 2, note rem gerere...)
- to fight with swords at close quarters: gladio comminus (opp. eminus) rem gerere
- to throw down the javelins (pila) and fight with the sword: omissis pilis gladiis rem gerere
- swords must now decide the day: res gladiis geri coepta est
- (ambiguous) to gesticulate: gestum (always in the sing.) agere
- to comply with a person's wishes; to humour: alicui morem gerere, obsequi
Lithuanian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gẽro m
Mangas
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gero
References
[edit]- Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.
Old Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *gerô.
Noun
[edit]gero m
Inflection
[edit]Declension of gero (masculine an-stem noun)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “gero”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]gero
Venetan
[edit]Verb
[edit]gero
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