• gestation: Phr.. time of g., partus gerendi tempus, Plin. 7, 5, 4: the period of g. for the hind is eight months, cervi octonis mensibus ferunt partus, Plin. 8, 32, 50 (the elephant) is commonly supposed to be ten years in g., decem annis gestare in utero volgus existimat, Plin. 8, 10, 10 (but in both the above cases, the acc. of the time would be more regular): the mare is twelve months in g., equa ventrem fert duodecim menses, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, med.: we also find, ventrem perferre, Col. 6, 24, init.: in ventre esse (said of the colt), Varr. R. R. 2, 8, extr. (Gestatio infantium, which occurs in Lact. 3, 22, extr., is the carrying of children in the arms.)