vestis

See also: vestís

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Verb

vestis

past of vesti

Latin

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): /ˈu̯es.tis/, [ˈu̯ɛs̠t̪ɪs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈves.tis/, [ˈvɛst̪is]

Noun

vestis f (genitive vestis); third declension

garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vestis	vestēs
Genitive	vestis	vestium
Dative	vestī	vestibus
Accusative	vestem	vestēs vestīs
Ablative	veste	vestibus
Vocative	vestis	vestēs

Derived terms

vestiō

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Portuguese

Verb

vestis

second-person plural present indicative of vestir