vestĭo — Lewis & Short
vestĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (
I imperf. vestibat, Verg. A. 8, 160; inf. vestirier, Prud. Psych. 39), v. a. vestis, to cover with a garment, to dress, clothe, vest (syn.: induo, amicio).
I Lit.: Vatinii strumam sacerdotii diba/fw( vestiant, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 2:
vir te vestiat, tu virum despolies,Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 4:
candide vestitus,id. ib. 4, 1, 10:
vos tam maestiter vestitas,id. Rud. 1, 5, 7:
homines male vestiti,Cic. Pis. 25, 61:
fasciae, quibus crura vestiuntur,Quint. 11, 3, 144:
te bis Afro Murice tinctae Vestiunt lanae,Hor. C. 2, 16, 37:
sic Indos suae arbores vestiunt,Plin. 12, 11, 22, § 39:
Phrygiā vestitur bucca tiarā,Juv. 6, 516:
unam vestire tribum tua vellera possunt,Mart. 2, 46, 5.—Mid.: vestiri in foro honeste mos erat, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5:
lino alii vestiuntur aut lanis,Mel. 3, 7, 3.—So, in late Lat., in the active form:
tu mihi vitio dabis, quod parcius pasco, levius vestio,am clothed, App. Mag. p. 287, 26; Tert. Pall. 1.—
B Transf.
1 Of animals:
animantes aliae coriis tectae sunt, aliae villis vestitae,Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:
sandyx pascentis vestiet agnos,Verg. E. 4, 45:
pleraque contra frigus ex suo corpore vestiuntur,Quint. 2, 16, 14.—
2 In gen., of inanimate things, to clothe, cover, deck, array, attire, surround, adorn, etc.:
campos lumine (aether),Verg. A. 6, 640:
natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142; cf.:
deus animum circumdedit corpore et vestivit extrinsecus,id. Univ. 6 fin.:
sepulcrum saeptum undique et vestitum vepribus et dumetis,id. Tusc. 5, 23, 64:
his tabulis templi parietes vestiebantur,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 122.—
3 Esp., of vegetation:
montes silvis,Liv. 32, 13, 3:
vite hederāque vestiti montes,Just. 12, 7, 7.—Absol.:
montes vestiti,i. e. covered with verdure, Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132:
trabes multo aggere,Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf.
of the beard: molli lanugine malas,Lucr. 5, 889:
genas flore,Verg. A. 8, 160:
oleā magnum Taburnum,Verg. G. 2, 38:
gramine vestitis accubuere toris,Ov. F. 1, 402:
incendit vestitos messibus agros,id. ib. 4, 707; Curt. 6, 5, 15; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 31:
ubi se vites frondibus vestierint,Col. 4, 27, 1:
se gramine (terra),Verg. G. 2, 219.—
II Trop., to clothe, etc.:
reconditas exquisitasque sententias mollis et pellucens vestiebat oratio,Cic. Brut. 79, 274:
inventa vestire atque ornare oratione,id. de Or. 1, 31, 142:
gloriā aliquem supra vires,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22:
res, quae illo verborum habitu vestiuntur,Quint. 8, praef. § 20; cf.
of mental culture: aridum atque jejunum non alemus et quasi vestiemus?id. 2, 8, 9.—
B Esp., to invest with the imperial purple, to make emperor:
quaere quem vestias,Amm. 26, 4, 1.—Hence, vestītus, a, um, P. a., clothed, clad (very rare):
neque unā pelle vestitior fuit (Hercules),App. Mag. p. 288, 28.—So comp., Tert. Anim. 38.— Sup.:
id pecus (oves) ex omnibus animalibus vestitissimum,Col. 7, 3, 8.