I.to carry often or much, to be wont to carry or bear (ante- and post-class.): “mea haec (crepundia) herilis gestitavit filia,” Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 83 sq.: “istum anulum (pater),” id. Curc. 5, 2, 4: “machaeram feriatam,” id. Mil. 1, 1, 7; id. Poen. 1, 2, 186: qui pectus purum et firmum gestitat, Enn. ap. Gell. 7, 17, 10 (Trag. v. 340 Vahl.): “poma,” Sol. 45.
gestĭto , āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. gesto,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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