# gero
## Basque
### Alternative forms

* guero (obsolete)

### Etymology

Unknown, probably contains the adverbial suffix -ro.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ɡeɾo/, [ɡe̞.ɾo̞]

### Adverb

gero (comparative geroago, superlative geroen, excessive geroegi)
* later

### Noun

gero inan
* (literary) future
    Synonyms: etorkizun, geroaldi
* (grammar) future tense
    Synonym: geroaldi

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ “gero” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

### Further reading

* “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
### Etymology

Apparent cognate with Fula gawri.

### Noun

gero
* pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)
* a short-season, non photoperiod sensitive variety of pearl millet

#### Related terms

* maiwa
* dauro

### References

* Nicholas Awde, Hausa-English English-Hausa Dictionary, Hippocrene, 1996
* I.I. Angarawai, M.C. Dike, T.O. Ajiboye, and O. Ajayi, "Dauro Millet Germplasm Collection in Nigeria," International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter 41, 2000. Pp. 59-62.

## Japanese
### Romanization

gero
* Rōmaji transcription of ゲロ

## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *gezō, and cognate with Faliscan 𐌊𐌄𐌔𐌄𐌕 (keset).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈɡe.roː/, [ˈɡɛroː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒe.ro/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːro]

### Verb

gerō (present infinitive gerere, perfect active gessī, supine gestum); third conjugation
* to carry, bear
    Synonyms: ferō, portō, vehō, traho, effero
    partum gerere ― to be pregnant (lit., to be carrying an offspring/fetus/embryo/one's young)
    uterum gerere ― to be pregnant (lit., to be bearing the womb)
* to manage, conduct (e.g., one's affairs)
    Synonyms: moderor, regō, prōcūrō, dispēnsō
* to rule, govern
    Synonyms: dominor, imperō, magistrō, imperitō, rēgnō, regō, moderor, ōrdinō
* to wear (i.e. have on clothing)
    Synonyms: portō, vestītus
* to have or possess (of traits)
    Synonyms: habeo, teneo
* to perform, accomplish
    Synonyms: perficiō, dēfungor, cōnficiō, agō, cumulō, conclūdō, condō, peragō, absolvō, inclūdō, claudō, expleō, fungor, efficiō, nāvō, patrō, exsequor, perpetrō, trānsigō, exhauriō
* to exhibit, display, reveal
    Synonyms: praebeō, ostendō, ostentō, expōnō, prōpōnō, prōferō, prōtrahō, acclārō, prōdō, indicō, profiteor, vulgō, praestō, coarguō, fateor
* to carry on or out, wage
    Bellum gerere ― to wage war
    Bellum gerant aliī. ― Let others wage war.
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 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.)
** 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.59:‘Mārtis opus iuvenēs animōsaque bella gerēbant [...].’‘‘Young men were carrying out the work of Mars and courageous wars [...].’’ (The voice is that of the muse Urania.)
* (reflexive) to behave, conduct, comport

#### Derived terms

* aggerō
* congerō
* dēgerō
* dīgerō
* ēgerō
* -ger
* gerēns
* gerula
* gerulus
* gerundium
* gerundus
* gestiō
* gestō
* gestor
* gestus
* ingerō
* intergerō
* oggerō
* praegerō
* prōgerō
* regerō
* suggerō
* verbigerō

#### Descendants

* → French: gérer
* → Italian: gerire
* → Portuguese: gerir

### Further reading

* “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 (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
* "gero", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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, 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

## Mangas
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡéró/

### Noun

gero
* millet

### References

* Blench, Robert; Bulkaam, Michael (2021) An Introduction to Mantsi, a South Bauchi language of Central Nigeria. University of Cambridge.

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gerô.

### Noun

gero m
* lust, desire

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: gēre
** Dutch: geer

#### Further reading

* “gero”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Portuguese
### Verb

gero
* first-person singular present indicative of gerar

## Venetan
### Verb

gero
* first-person singular imperfect indicative of èser