vestio

vestĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( 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 dibaphhô 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,

id. 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.