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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of vestiō (“clothe, dress”).
Pronunciation
Participle
vestītus (feminine vestīta, neuter vestītum); first/second-declension participle
- (rare) clothed, clad, dressed, having been clothed.
- (of vegetation) covered, blanketed, having been covered by vegetation.
- (figuratively) having been made emperor
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Noun
vestītus m (genitive vestītūs); fourth declension
- clothing, apparel, raiment, attire.
- (of inanimate things) a cover, covering.
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- “vestitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vestitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- vestitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- vestitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- wooded hills: montes vestiti silvis
- cast-off clothing: vestitus obsoletus, tritus
- (ambiguous) to go into mourning: vestem mutare (opp. ad vestitum suum redire) (Planc. 12. 29)