vestis

Verb

vestis

1. past of vesti

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *westis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis, from *wes- (“to be dressed”). Cognate with Old Armenian զգեստ (zgest), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹 (wasti), Tocharian B wastsi, and Ancient Greek εἷμα (heîma, “garment”). The root was also the source of English wear.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwes.tis/, [ˈwɛs.tɪs]

Noun

vestis f (genitive vestis); third declension

1. garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture

Verb

vestīs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of vestiō

References

• vestis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vestis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vestis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• vestis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to dress oneself: induere vestem (without sibi)
    
  • to go into mourning: vestem mutare (opp. ad vestitum suum redire) (Planc. 12. 29)
    
  • to undress: vestem ponere (exuere)
    
  • (ambiguous) drapery: vestis stragula or simply vestis
    
• vestis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vestis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• vest in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911