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vestĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [vestis], of or belonging to clothes.
- I. Adj.: arca, a clotheschest, Cato, R. R. 11, 3: negotiator, a clothesdealer, Dig. 38, 1, 45.
- II. Substt.
- A. ve-stĭārĭus, ii, m., a clothes-dealer, Dig. 14, 3, 5, § 4; Inscr. Orell. 3643; 4294 sq.
- B. vestĭārĭum, ii, n.
- 1. A clothes-press, clothes-chest, wardrobe, Plin. 15, 8, 8, § 33.
- 2. Articles of clothing, clothes, wardrobe, Sen. Ben. 3, 21; Col. 1, 8, 17; Dig. 35, 3, 3 al.
vestĭbŭlum, i, n. [perh. for vesti-bulum, kindr. with Sanscr. vas, habitare, commorari; cf. Vesta], the enclosed space between the entrance of a house and the street, a fore-court, entrance-court (cf. atrium).
- I. Lit., Gell. 16, 5, 2; Vitr. 6, 8; Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 132; Cic. Caecin. 12, 35; id. Verr. 2, 2, 66, § 160; id. Cael. 26, 62; Quint. 11, 2, 23; Ov. F. 6, 303; Juv. 7, 126 al.
- B. Transf., in gen., an entrance to any thing: sepulcri, Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 61: castrorum, Liv. 25, 17, 5: columbarii, Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 4; cf. gallinarii, Col. 8, 3, 5; 8, 8, 3: alvearii, id. 9, 12, 1: urbis, Liv. 36, 22 fin.: Siciliae, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 66, § 170.
- II. Trop., an entrance, opening, beginning: vestibula nimirum honesta aditusque ad causam faciet illustres, Cic. Or. 15, 50: vestibulum modo artis alicujus ingredi, Quint. 1, 5, 7; cf. id. 8, praef. § 18; 9, 4, 10.
vestĭceps, cĭpis [vestis-capio, that has got the first covering of the chin, opp. investis], bearded, arrived at puberty, manly, virile (post-class.).
- I. Lit.: arrogari non potest nisi jam vesticeps, Gell. 5, 19, 7; Tert. Anim. 56; Aus. Idyll. 4, 73.
- * II. Transf., immoral, corrupt (opp. investis, innocent), App. Mag. p. 336, 7.
Vestĭcŏla, ae, f. [Vesta-colo], a Vestal virgin (late Lat.), Drac. Carm. 7, 22.
* vestĭ-contŭbernĭum, ii, n. [vestis], a lying under the same coverlet, sleeping in the same bed, bed-companionship, Petr. 11.
vestĭcŭla, ae, f. dim. [vestis], a little garment (post-class.), Dig. 33, 7, 18, § 13.
‡ vestĭfĭca, ae, f. [vestis-facio], she that makes garments, a tailoress, Inscr. Orell. 2437.
* vestĭfĭcīna, ae, f. [‡ vestificus], a making of garments, tailoring, Tert. Pall. 3 fin.
‡ vestĭfĭcus, i, m. [vestis-facio], a maker of garments, a tailor, Inscr. Grut. 578, 7.
vestĭflŭus, a, um, adj. [vestis-fluo], that wears long, flowing garments (a late poet. word): Lydus, Petr. 133: Ser, Aus. Technop. Hist. 24.
vestīgātĭo, ōnis, f. [vestigo], a tracing or searching after (post-class.): Psyche dies noctesque mariti vestigationibus inquieta, App. M. 6, p. 173.
vestīgātor or vestīgĭātor, ōris, m. [vestigo], a tracker, spy, tracer, searcher (not in Cic.): vestigator a vestigiis ferarum, quas indagatur, Varr. L. L. 5, § 94 Müll. (where the read. is vestigiator); so Col. 9, 8, 10; Sen. Ben. 3, 26, 2; Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 12.
vestīgĭum, ii, n. [vestigo], a footstep, step; footprint, foot-track, track.
- I. Lit.: currentium pes vestigium facit, Quint. 9, 4, 67: hac socci video vestigium in pulvere, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 29: hominis, Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 9: in foro vestigium facere, i. e. to set foot in the market, Cic. Rab. Post. 17, 48: ponere vestigia, id. Phil. 3, 12, 31: facere vestigium in possessione, id. Caecin. 14, 39: vestigiis persequi aliquem, id. Brut. 90, 307: vestigiis sequi hostem, Liv. 9, 45, 16: eodem remanere vestigio, to stay in the same spot or place, Caes. B. G. 4, 2: negans e republicā esse, vestigium abscedi ab Hannibale, the distance of a step, Liv. 27, 4, 1: deus ille, quem mente noscimus, atque in animi notione tamquam in vestigio volumus reponere, Cic. N. D. 1, 14, 37.
- B. Transf.
- 1. The part of the foot which makes a print, the sole of the foot: qui adversis vestigiis stent contra nostra vestigia, quos ἀντίποδας vocatis, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 123; Cat. 64, 162; Verg. A. 5, 566.
- 2. A horseshoe: vestigium equi excussum ungulā, Plin. 28, 20, 81, § 263.
- 3. In gen., a trace, mark, sign, token, vestige: praesertim cum in lectulo decumanae mulieris vestigia viderent recentia, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 79; id. de Or. 3, 2, 6; Caes. B. G. 6, 27: in vestigiis hujus urbis, ruins, Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12: semiruta murorum vestigia, Amm. 24, 2, 6.
- II. Trop., of manners, cha racter, etc., a footprint, trace: a pueritiā vestigiis ingressus patriis et tuis, Cic. Rep. 6, 24, 26: amoris vestigia, Quint. 11, 1, 59: imprimi quaedam vestigia animo, id. 11, 2, 4: patris patruique vestigia premere, Tac. A. 2, 14 fin.—
- B. Transf., of time, a point, moment, instant: eodem et loci vestigio et temporis, Cic. Pis. 9, 21: in illo vestigio temporis, Caes. B. G. 7, 25: vestigio temporis, at the moment, instantly, forthwith, id. B. C. 2, 26: ut urbs ab hostibus capta eodem vestigio videretur, at that very moment, id. ib. 2, 7.
- b. A dverb.: e (ex) vestigio, instantly, forthwith: repente e vestigio ex homine tamquam aliquo Circaeo poculo factus est Verres, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 17, 57; Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 12, 2; Caes. B. C. 2, 25 fin.
ve-stīgo, no perf. and sup., āre, 1, v. a. [etym. dub.; perh. Sanscr. vahis (bahis), out, and stigh-, to climb; cf. Gr. στίχος, a row, etc.; Angl. -Sax. stīgan; Germ. steigen, to climb].
- I. Prop., to follow in the track of; to track, trace out (cf.: rimor, indago, scrutor): germana soror, errare videbar, Tardaque vestigare et quaerere te, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 43 Vahl.): feras vestigat (sc. canis), Sen. Thyest. 496.
With abl.: fertur (sc. tigris) praeceps, odore vestigans (sc. raptorem), Plin. 8, 18, 25, § 66.
- II. Transf.
- A. To find out by tracing, to trace out, discover.
- 1. With abl.: perfugas et fugitivos, quos inquirendo vestigare potuerint, reddidisse, Liv. 31, 19, 2: (cervi) vestigant cavernas (serpentium), Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 118: omnis enim jacens piscis magis naribus escam, quam oculis, vestigat, Col. 8, 17, 14.
- 2. Absol.: dimissis deinde per agros, qui vestigarent, Liv. 32, 26, 13 dub.; cf. Weissenb. ad loc.
- B. To search after; to seek out: ceterum Alexander, quam regionem Dareus petisset, omni curā vestigans, tamen explorare non poterat, Curt. 4, 6, 5: adeo sicca lacuna, ut vestigantium sitim falleret, id. 4, 16, 14: equum vestigari jubet, id. 6, 5, 19: ergo alte vestiga (sc. ramum) oculis, riteque repertum Carpe manu, Verg. A. 6, 145.
- III. Trop.
- A. To inquire into, investigate (class.).
- 1. In simple constr.: causas rerum, Cic. de Or. 2, 39, 166.
- 2. With abl.: quā (sc. ratione) omnes illorum conatūs vestigare, Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 48.
- 3. With cum: quod cum desidiosā delectatione vestiges, Cic. de Or. 3, 23, 88.
- B. To discover, find out: grave imperium regum nihil inexploratum, quod vestigari volunt, efficit, Liv. 39, 51, 6.
vestīmentum, i, n. [vestis], clothing, a garment, vestment, bedclothes, tapestry, etc., Dig. 34, 2, 24; Cic. Mil. 10, 28; Liv. 4, 25, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 32: aestiva, hiberna, Sen. Ben. 1, 12, 3; Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 30; Sen. Ep. 67, 2; 78, 21; Auct. B. Afr. 47; id. B. Hisp. 33.
Prov.: nudo detrahere vestimenta, to strip the naked (of any thing impossible), Plaut. As. 1, 1, 79.
Vestīni, ōrum, m., a people of Central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea, Auct. Her. 2, 28, 45; Liv. 8, 29; 10, 3; Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 107.
Hence, Vestīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Vestini: Vestina virum vis, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 251 P. (Ann. v. 280 Vahl.); so, populus, Liv. 8, 29: cohors, id. 44, 40: juventus, Sil. 8, 516: senex, Juv. 14, 181: aquae, Luc. 2, 425.
vestĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (imperf. vestibat, Verg. A. 8, 160; inf. vestirier, Prud. Psych. 39), v. a. [vestis], to cover with a garment, to dress, clothe, vest (syn.: induo, amicio).
- I. Lit.: Vatinii strumam sacerdotii διβάφὡ vestiant, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 2: vir te vestiat, tu virum despolies, Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 4: candide vestitus, id. ib. 4, 1, 10: vos tam maestiter vestitas, id. Rud. 1, 5, 7: homines male vestiti, Cic. Pis. 25, 61: fasciae, quibus crura vestiuntur, Quint. 11, 3, 144: te bis Afro Murice tinctae Vestiunt lanae, Hor. C. 2, 16, 37: sic Indos suae arbores vestiunt, Plin. 12, 11, 22, § 39: Phrygiā vestitur bucca tiarā, Juv. 6, 516: unam vestire tribum tua vellera possunt, Mart. 2, 46, 5.
Mid.: vestiri in foro honeste mos erat, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5: lino alii vestiuntur aut lanis, Mel. 3, 7, 3.
So, in late Lat., in the active form: tu mihi vitio dabis, quod parcius pasco, levius vestio, am clothed, App. Mag. p. 287, 26; Tert. Pall. 1.
- B. Transf.
- 1. Of animals: animantes aliae coriis tectae sunt, aliae villis vestitae, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121: sandyx pascentis vestiet agnos, Verg. E. 4, 45: pleraque contra frigus ex suo corpore vestiuntur, Quint. 2, 16, 14.
- 2. In gen., of inanimate things, to clothe, cover, deck, array, attire, surround, adorn, etc.: campos lumine (aether), Verg. A. 6, 640: natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142; cf.: deus animum circumdedit corpore et vestivit extrinsecus, id. Univ. 6 fin.: sepulcrum saeptum undique et vestitum vepribus et dumetis, id. Tusc. 5, 23, 64: his tabulis templi parietes vestiebantur, id. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 122.
- 3. Esp., of vegetation: montes silvis, Liv. 32, 13, 3: vite hederāque vestiti montes, Just. 12, 7, 7.
Absol.: montes vestiti, i. e. covered with verdure, Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132: trabes multo aggere, Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf. of the beard: molli lanugine malas, Lucr. 5, 889: genas flore, Verg. A. 8, 160: oleā magnum Taburnum, Verg. G. 2, 38: gramine vestitis accubuere toris, Ov. F. 1, 402: incendit vestitos messibus agros, id. ib. 4, 707; Curt. 6, 5, 15; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 31: ubi se vites frondibus vestierint, Col. 4, 27, 1: se gramine (terra), Verg. G. 2, 219.
- II. Trop., to clothe, etc.: reconditas exquisitasque sententias mollis et pellucens vestiebat oratio, Cic. Brut. 79, 274: inventa vestire atque ornare oratione, id. de Or. 1, 31, 142: gloriā aliquem supra vires, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22: res, quae illo verborum habitu vestiuntur, Quint. 8, praef. § 20; cf. of mental culture: aridum atque jejunum non alemus et quasi vestiemus? id. 2, 8, 9.
- B. Esp., to invest with the imperial purple, to make emperor: quaere quem vestias, Amm. 26, 4, 1.
Hence, vestītus, a, um, P. a., clothed, clad (very rare): neque unā pelle vestitior fuit (Hercules), App. Mag. p. 288, 28.
So comp., Tert. Anim. 38.
Sup.: id pecus (oves) ex omnibus animalibus vestitissimum, Col. 7, 3, 8.
vestĭplĭca, ae, f. [vestis-plico], a (female) clothes-folder, ironer, laundress (anteand post-class.), Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 26; Pseudo Quint. Decl. 363; Inscr. Orell. 3315; cf. vestiplicus and vestispica.
‡ vestiplĭcus, i, m. [vestis-plico], a clothes-folder, ironer, Inscr. Orell. 2839; cf. the preced. art.
vestis, is, f. [Sanscr. root vas-, to put on; Gr. ἑσ-, ϝεσ-; cf. ἕννυμι, ἐσθής], the covering for the body, clothes, clothing, attire, vesture (syn. amictus; in class. prose only sing.).
- I. Lit.: lavere lacrimis vestem squalam et sordidam, Enn. ap. Non. 172, 20 (Trag. v. 370 Vahl.): mulierem cum auro et veste abducere, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 69: satin’ haec me vestis deceat, these clothes, id. Most. 1, 3, 10: discidit vestem, Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 41: lugubris, id. Heaut. 2, 3, 45; id. Eun. 3, 5, 24: ad vestem muliebrem conficiendam, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 46, § 103; id. Phil. 2, 27, 66; id. de Or. 1, 35, 161: sumptā veste virili, Hor. S. 1, 2, 16; 1, 2, 95; id. Ep. 1, 19, 38 al.
- 2. Esp.: mutare vestem.
- (α) To put on mourning garments, put on mourning (cf. sordidatus), Cic. Planc. 12, 29; id. Sest. 11, 26; Liv. 6, 20, 2; cf.: quid vestis mutatio’st? Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 4: cum dolorem suum vestis mutatione declarandum censuisset, Cic. Pis. 8, 17.
- (β) Also in gen., to change one’s clothing, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 61; Liv. 22, 1, 3; Sen. Ep. 18, 2; Vell. 2, 41, 2.
- 3. In sing. collect., = vestes: multam pretiosam supellectilem vestemque missam Carthaginem, Liv. 21, 15, 2; so id. 26, 21, 8; 31, 17, 6; 39, 6, 7; 44, 26, 9.
- B. Plur., clothes, garments (poet. and in postAug. prose): aurum vestibus illitum Mirata, Hor. C. 4, 9, 14: picturatae auri subtemine vestes, Verg. A. 3, 483: vestibus extentis, Juv. 12, 68: quod in vestes, margarita, gemmas fuerat erogaturus, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 7; Quint. 6, 1, 30; 9, 4, 4; 11, 1, 31; Curt. 3, 13, 7; 5, 1, 10; Sen. Ep. 114, 11; id. Ben. 7, 9, 5; 7, 20, 2; Plin. 19, 1, 2, § 14; Suet. Tib. 36; id. Gram. 23; Tac. A. 2, 24; 3, 53; 12, 68.
- II. Transf., of any sort of covering.
- 1. A carpet, curtain, tapestry (syn. stragulum): in plebeiā veste cubandum est, Lucr. 2, 36; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146; Ov. M. 8, 659; Hor. S. 2, 4, 84; 2, 6, 103; 2, 6, 106 al.
- 2. Poet.
- (α) A veil, Stat. Th. 7, 244.
- (β) The skin of a serpent, Lucr. 4, 61; cf. id. 3, 614.
- (γ) The beard as the covering of the chin, Lucr. 5, 673 (cf. vesticeps and investis).
- (δ) A spider’s web, Lucr. 3, 386.
vestĭspĭca, ae, f. [vestis-spicio], she that has the care of clothing, a wardrobewoman, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 22 (Ritschl, Fleck., and Brix, vestiplica, q. v.); Afran. and Varr. ap. Non. p. 12, 15.
vestītor, ōris, m. [vestio].
- I. A maker of clothing, tailor (post-class.), Lampr. Alex. Sev. 41; Inscr. Grut. 1111, 3; Inscr. Murat. 1842, 2.
- II. A clother, dresser: divinorum simulacrorum, Firm. Math. 3, 11, 9.
1. vestītus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of vestio.
2. vestītus, ūs, m. [vestio], clothing, clothes, dress, apparel, raiment, attire, vesture.
- I. Lit.: hoc cum vestitu, Enn. ap. Non. p. 537, 28 (Trag. v. 373 Vahl.): immutabilis, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 8: muliebris, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 3; id. Rosc. Am. 49, 144: obsoletior, id. Agr. 2, 5, 13; id. Quint. 15, 49; Caes. B. G. 4, 1; 7, 88; Liv. 29, 17, 11: mutare vestitum = mutare vestem, to put on mourning garments, to put on mourning, Cic. Sest. 14, 32; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1; id. Att. 3, 15, 5; cf. on the contrary: redire ad suum vestitum, to resume one’s ordinary clothing, to lay off mourning, id. Sest. 14, 32: vestitu (dat.) nimio indulges, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 38.
Abstr.: me saturum servire apud te sumptu et vestitu tuo, i. e. with the clothing that you give, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 72.
- B. Transf., of inanim. things, covering, etc.: adde huc liquores perlucidos amnium, riparum vestitus viridissimos, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98: densissimi montium, id. ib. 2, 64, 161.
- * II. Trop.: orationis, Cic. Brut. 95, 327.