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                    "description": "(v. a.P. a.) : vestĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (\n* 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).\n* 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.\n* Transf.\n* 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.\n* 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,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 122.\n* 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.\n* 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."
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