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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Contents (2 entries · 4 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• gesticulation:
      1. 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. 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. 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. 4. gestĭcŭlātio (e. g. digitorum): Suet. Tib. 68. See also gesture.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• GESTICULATION
gestus: ☞ gesticulatio, Suet. Let all excess of gesticulation be avoided, omnis non viro dignus ornatus... in gestu (motuque) caveatur (after Cic., Off., 1, 36, 130). To make a gesticulation in sign of assent, gratificari alicui gestu (Cic., Balb., 6, 14).