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vestis
vestis
See also: vestís
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
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
- 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
- to dress oneself: induere vestem (without sibi)
- 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