gerere

Gerere is a Latin verb of the third conjugation meaning to bear or carry, and in a broader sense to wage, conduct, or perform. Core senses include physically carrying or bearing a burden, producing or presenting, and governing actions or affairs, such as waging war or leading a life. Common expressions include bellum gerere (to wage war) and vitam gerere (to live or lead a life).

Conjugation and forms: The verb is given in its principal parts as gero, gessi, gestum. In the present indicative it appears as gero, geris, gerit, gerimus, geritis, gerunt. The imperfect is gerebam, gerebas, gerebat, gerebamus, gerebatis, gerebant. The future is geram, geres, geret, geremus, geretis, gerent. The perfect indicative is gessi, gessisti, gessit, gessimus, gessistis, gesserunt; the pluperfect is gessissem, gessisses, gessisset, gessissemus, gessissetis, gessissent. The future perfect forms include gesserō, gesseris, gesserit, gesserimus, gesseritis, gesserint. In the present passive voice the forms are gero r, geris, geritur, gerimur, gerimini, geruntur.

Usage notes: Gerere is a productive, polysemantic verb with many idiomatic uses. It often takes an accusative of the object being borne, produced, or conducted (for example, bellum in war, vitam in life). It is distinct from related verbs such as ferre (to carry, bear) and agere (to do, drive, perform). The verb also forms a wide range of participles and subordinate forms, including the present participle gerēns and the perfect passive participle gestus.

See also: Latin verb conjugation, third conjugation, principal parts gero, gessi, gestum, and common phrases such as bellum gerere and vitam gerere.