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|lshtext=<b>vestis</b>: is, f. Sanscr. [[root]] vas-, to [[put]] on; Gr. ἑς-, ϝες->; cf. [[ἕννυμι]], [[ἐσθής]]>,<br /><b>I</b> the [[covering]] for the [[body]], [[clothes]], [[clothing]], [[attire]], [[vesture]] (syn. [[amictus]]; in [[class]]. [[prose]] [[only]] sing.).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Esp.: mutare vestem.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of [[any]] [[sort]] of [[covering]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poet.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[veil]], Stat. Th. 7, 244.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[skin]] of a [[serpent]], Lucr. 4, 61; cf. id. 3, 614.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[beard]] as the [[covering]] of the [[chin]], Lucr. 5, 673 (cf. [[vesticeps]] and [[investis]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[spider]]'s [[web]], Lucr. 3, 386.