vestio

Latin

Etymology

vestis (“clothes, apparel”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛs.ti.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛs.t̪i.o]

Verb

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

Conjugation of vestiō (fourth conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	vestiō	vestīs		vestit	vestīmus	vestītis		vestiunt
	imperfect	vestiēbam	vestiēbās		vestiēbat	vestiēbāmus	vestiēbātis		vestiēbant
	future	vestiam	vestiēs		vestiet	vestiēmus	vestiētis		vestient
	perfect	vestīvī, vestiī	vestīvistī, vestiistī		vestīvit, vestiit	vestīvimus, vestiimus	vestīvistis, vestiistis		vestīvērunt, vestīvēre, vestiērunt, vestiēre
	pluperfect	vestīveram, vestieram	vestīverās, vestierās		vestīverat, vestierat	vestīverāmus, vestierāmus	vestīverātis, vestierātis		vestīverant, vestierant
	future perfect	vestīverō, vestierō	vestīveris, vestieris		vestīverit, vestierit	vestīverimus, vestierimus	vestīveritis, vestieritis		vestīverint, vestierint
passive	present	vestior	vestīris, vestīre		vestītur	vestīmur	vestīminī		vestiuntur
	imperfect	vestiēbar	vestiēbāris, vestiēbāre		vestiēbātur	vestiēbāmur	vestiēbāminī		vestiēbantur
	future	vestiar	vestiēris, vestiēre		vestiētur	vestiēmur	vestiēminī		vestientur
	perfect	vestītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vestītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vestītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	vestiam	vestiās		vestiat	vestiāmus	vestiātis		vestiant
	imperfect	vestīrem	vestīrēs		vestīret	vestīrēmus	vestīrētis		vestīrent
	perfect	vestīverim, vestierim	vestīverīs, vestierīs		vestīverit, vestierit	vestīverīmus, vestierīmus	vestīverītis, vestierītis		vestīverint, vestierint
	pluperfect	vestīvissem, vestiissem	vestīvissēs, vestiissēs		vestīvisset, vestiisset	vestīvissēmus, vestiissēmus	vestīvissētis, vestiissētis		vestīvissent, vestiissent
passive	present	vestiar	vestiāris, vestiāre		vestiātur	vestiāmur	vestiāminī		vestiantur
	imperfect	vestīrer	vestīrēris, vestīrēre		vestīrētur	vestīrēmur	vestīrēminī		vestīrentur
	perfect	vestītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vestītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	vestī		—	—	vestīte		—
active	future	—	vestītō		vestītō	—	vestītōte		vestiuntō
passive	present	—	vestīre		—	—	vestīminī		—
passive	future	—	vestītor		vestītor	—	—		vestiuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		vestīre		vestīrī, vestīrier¹		vestiēns		—
future		vestītūrum esse		vestītum īrī		vestītūrus		vestiendus, vestiundus
perfect		vestīvisse, vestiisse		vestītum esse		—		vestītus
future perfect		—		vestītum fore		—		—
perfect potential		vestītūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		vestiendī	vestiendō		vestiendum	vestiendō	vestītum		vestītū

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Asturian: vistir
Catalan: vestir
Dalmatian: vester
English: vest
Friulian: vistî
Galician: vestir
Italian: vestire
Ligurian: vestî
Occitan: vestir
Old French: vestir
- Middle French: vestir
  - French: vêtir
Piedmontese: veste
Portuguese: vestir
Romansch: vestgir, vistgeir, vstir, vestir
Romanian: vești (dated)
Sardinian: bestire, beltire, bestiri, bistire, bistiri, vestire
Sicilian: vistiri
Spanish: vestir
Venetan: vestir

References

“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