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vestio
vestio
Latin
Verb
vestiō (present infinitive vestīre, perfect active vestīvī, supine vestītum); fourth conjugation
- I clothe, dress.
- I adorn, attire, deck.
- (of vegetation) I cover, blanket.
- (figuratively) I make emperor (i.e. clothe in imperial purple).
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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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vestio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) to go into mourning: vestem mutare (opp. ad vestitum suum redire) (Planc. 12. 29)
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(ambiguous) drapery: vestis stragula or simply vestis
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(ambiguous) to go into mourning: vestem mutare (opp. ad vestitum suum redire) (Planc. 12. 29)