Luigi Speranza
Grice did use 'gesture' occasionally. In "Meaning Revisited", I think, he is referring to a gesture, which, alla Eco, we would say, is one by which we would lie ("simulazione onesta")
No real Griceian underpinnings to Latin, 'gestus', but still...
gestus , ūs, m. gero.
I. Lit. (the bearing, i. e. motion of the body, or of a part of the body, esp. of the hand or arm), carriage, posture, attitude, motion, gesture (class.; cf. actus).
A.
In gen.:
“gestum imitari,”
Lucrezio 4, 343; cf. ib. 367:
“a forma removeatur omnis viro non dignus ornatus, et huic simile vitium in gestu motuque caveatur,”
Cicerone Off. 1, 36, 130:
“nunc gestus mihi vultusque est capiundus novus,”
Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 50:
“hoc quidem Zeno gestu conficiebat,”
Cicerone Ac. 2, 47, 145:
“gratificatur mihi gestu accusator,” id. Balb. 6, 14:
“gestum manus Ceycis habebat,”
Ovidio M. 11, 673:
“ab avium gestu gestuque,” motion,
Suetonio Aug. 7:
“quo gestu gallina secetur,”
Giovenale. 5, 124.
Plur.: nec flecti cervix nec brachia reddere gestus, Nec pes ire potest,
Ovidio M. 6, 308.—
B.
In partic., a gesture, gesticulation of actors or orators according to the rules of art:
“numquam agit hunc versum Roscius eo gestu, quo potest, sed abjicit prorsus,”
Cicerone
de Or. 3, 26, 102; cf. id. Quint. 24, 77:
“gestus histrionis,”
id. Att. 6, 1, 8:
“convenit igitur in gestu nec venustatem conspiciendam nec turpitudinem esse, ne aut histriones aut operarii videamur esse,”
Auct. Her. 3, 15, 26; cf.:
“vox et gestus subito sumi et aliunde arripi non potest,”
Cicerone de Or. 1, 59, 252:
“omnis actio in duas partes divisa, vocem gestumque,”
Quintiliano, 11, 3, 14; id. 2, 59, 242:
“tardiore et consideratiore gestu uti,” Auct. Her. 3, 15, 27: jactantior, Cael. ap. Quint. 11, 1, 51:
“acer atque instans,”
Quintiliano 11, 3, 92:
“certus sed paulo productior,” id. ib.:
“comicus magis quam oratorius,” id. ib. 125 et saep.—
Plur.: “histrionum nonnulli gestus ineptiis non vacant,” Cic. Off. 1, 36, 130: “alterni,” Quint. 6, 3, 65:
“breves,” id. 11, 3, 100: quae (concinnitas) verborum collocationem illuminat his luminibus, quae Graeci quasi aliquos gestus orationis σχήματα appellant, Cic. Or. 25
, 83; Quint. 9, 1, 13; “and without quasi,” Gell. 11, 13, 10: “Urbicus risum movet gestibus Autonoes,” Juv. 6, 72.—
II. (Acc. to gero, II. B. 3.) A management, administration (post-class.), Dig. 26, 10, 3, § 9; ib. 7, 23; ib. 5, § 2.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
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