amictus

1.

ămictus, a, um, Part. of amicio.

2.

ămictus, ūs, m. [amicio], orig. a throwing about or on one of a garment; hence,

I.

The manner of dressing, fashion:

amictum imitari alicujus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 91 (cf. Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 2):

est aliquid in amictu,

Quint. 11, 3, 156.—

II.

Meton., abstr. pro concr., the garment itself that is thrown about or on, any clothing, a mantle, cloak, etc.:

quam (statuam) esse ejusdem, status, amictus, anulus, imago ipsa declarat,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 17:

frustra jam vestes, frustra mutatur amictus,

Tib. 1, 9, 13:

velut amictum mutabis eos,

Vulg. Heb. 1, 12:

duplex,

made of a double texture, Verg. A. 5, 421:

Tyrii,

Ov. A. A. 2, 297:

amictus corporis,

Vulg. Eccli. 19, 27:

nec amictu ora velabis,

ib. Ez. 24, 17: gloriam dedit sanctitatis amictum, the garment of holiness, i. e. the sacred vestment, ib. Eccli. 50, 12 et saep.—

B.

Trop.

1.

For other kinds of covering: caeli mutemus amictum, the air which surrounds us, i. e. to go into another region, * Lucr. 6, 1133:

Phrygius,

Verg. A. 3, 545:

nebulae amictus,

id. ib. 1, 412; Stat. Th. 1, 631:

caecus,

Sil. 12, 613:

jam virides lacerate comas, jam scindite amictus,

i. e. the herbage that clothes the ground, weeds, Col. 10, 70.—

2.

Prov.:

quem mater amictum dedit, sollicite custodire,

i. e. not to give up the habits formed in early youth, Quint. 5, 14, 31.