Latin

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Etymology

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vestis (clothes, apparel) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vestiō (present infinitive vestīre, perfect active vestīvī or vestiī, supine vestītum); fourth conjugation

  1. to clothe, dress
    (passive voice) Synonyms: gerō, portō
  2. to adorn, attire, deck
  3. (of vegetation) to cover, blanket
  4. (figuratively) to make emperor (i.e. clothe in imperial purple)

Conjugation

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1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

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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