gesticulation Copy link Outline 1. jactātio (with depend. gen.2. gestus, ūs (esp. of histrionic or rhetorical g.)3. mōtus, ūs (often of pantomimic g.s; also rhetorical)4. gestĭcŭlātio (e. g. digitorum) • gesticulation: 1. jactātio (with depend. gen.: throwing the body about): frantic g.s, fanaticae corporis j., Liv. 39, 13, med.: moderate g. ("action"), modica corporis j., Cic. Or. 25, extr. 2. gestus, ūs (esp. of histrionic or rhetorical g.): g.s of actors, histrionum gestus, Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130: cf. Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26. 3. mōtus, ūs (often of pantomimic g.s; also rhetorical): they went through not ungraceful g.s, haud indecoros m. dabant, Liv. 7, 2: wild g.s, m. incompositi, Virg. G. 1, 350: rapid and difficult g. (of a speaker), celer m. et difficilis, Cic. Br. 30, extr. 4. gestĭcŭlātio (e. g. digitorum): Suet. Tib. 68. See also gesture.