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vestis

vestis

See also: vestís

Esperanto

Verb

vestis

  1. past of vesti

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *westis, 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

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative vestis vestēs
genitive vestis vestum
dative vestī vestibus
accusative vestem vestēs
ablative veste vestibus
vocative vestis vestēs

Derived terms

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)
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vestis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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