Etymology
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vestis (“clothes, apparel”) + -iō.
Pronunciation
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vestiō (present infinitive vestīre, perfect active vestīvī or vestiī, supine vestītum); fourth conjugation
- to clothe, dress
- (passive voice) Synonyms: gerō, portō
- to adorn, attire, deck
- (of vegetation) to cover, blanket
- (figuratively) to make emperor (i.e. clothe in imperial purple)
Conjugation
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| Conjugation of vestiō (fourth conjugation)
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| indicative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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vestiō
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vestīs
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vestit
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vestīmus
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vestītis
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vestiunt
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| imperfect
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vestiēbam
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vestiēbās
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vestiēbat
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vestiēbāmus
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vestiēbātis
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vestiēbant
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| future
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vestiam
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vestiēs
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vestiet
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vestiēmus
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vestiētis
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vestient
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| perfect
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vestīvī,
vestiī
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vestīvistī,
vestiistī
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vestīvit,
vestiit
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vestīvimus,
vestiimus
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vestīvistis,
vestiistis
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vestīvērunt,
vestīvēre,
vestiērunt,
vestiēre
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| pluperfect
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vestīveram,
vestieram
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vestīverās,
vestierās
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vestīverat,
vestierat
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vestīverāmus,
vestierāmus
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vestīverātis,
vestierātis
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vestīverant,
vestierant
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| future perfect
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vestīverō,
vestierō
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vestīveris,
vestieris
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vestīverit,
vestierit
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vestīverimus,
vestierimus
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vestīveritis,
vestieritis
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vestīverint,
vestierint
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| passive
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present
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vestior
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vestīris,
vestīre
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vestītur
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vestīmur
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vestīminī
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vestiuntur
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| imperfect
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vestiēbar
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vestiēbāris,
vestiēbāre
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vestiēbātur
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vestiēbāmur
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vestiēbāminī
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vestiēbantur
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| future
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vestiar
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vestiēris,
vestiēre
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vestiētur
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vestiēmur
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vestiēminī
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vestientur
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| perfect
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vestītus + present active indicative of sum
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| pluperfect
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vestītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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| future perfect
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vestītus + future active indicative of sum
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| subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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vestiam
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vestiās
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vestiat
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vestiāmus
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vestiātis
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vestiant
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| imperfect
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vestīrem
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vestīrēs
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vestīret
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vestīrēmus
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vestīrētis
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vestīrent
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| perfect
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vestīverim,
vestierim
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vestīverīs,
vestierīs
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vestīverit,
vestierit
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vestīverīmus,
vestierīmus
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vestīverītis,
vestierītis
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vestīverint,
vestierint
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| pluperfect
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vestīvissem,
vestiissem
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vestīvissēs,
vestiissēs
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vestīvisset,
vestiisset
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vestīvissēmus,
vestiissēmus
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vestīvissētis,
vestiissētis
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vestīvissent,
vestiissent
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| passive
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present
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vestiar
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vestiāris,
vestiāre
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vestiātur
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vestiāmur
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vestiāminī
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vestiantur
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| imperfect
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vestīrer
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vestīrēris,
vestīrēre
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vestīrētur
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vestīrēmur
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vestīrēminī
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vestīrentur
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| perfect
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vestītus + present active subjunctive of sum
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| pluperfect
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vestītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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| imperative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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—
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vestī
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—
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—
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vestīte
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—
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| future
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—
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vestītō
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vestītō
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—
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vestītōte
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vestiuntō
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| passive
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present
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—
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vestīre
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—
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—
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vestīminī
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—
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| future
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—
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vestītor
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vestītor
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—
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—
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vestiuntor
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| non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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| present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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| infinitives
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vestīre
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vestīvisse,
vestiisse
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vestītūrum esse
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vestīrī,
vestīrier1
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vestītum esse
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vestītum īrī
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| participles
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vestiēns
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—
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vestītūrus
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—
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vestītus
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vestiendus,
vestiundus
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| verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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| genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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| vestiendī
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vestiendō
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vestiendum
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vestiendō
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vestītum
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vestītū
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1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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References
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- “vestio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vestio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vestio 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)
- vestio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to go into mourning: vestem mutare (opp. ad vestitum suum redire) (Planc. 12. 29)
- (ambiguous) drapery: vestis stragula or simply vestis
