vestis (noun 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.).
* 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.
* Esp.: mutare vestem.
* Transf., of any sort of covering.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* Poet.
* A veil, Stat. Th. 7, 244.
* The skin of a serpent, Lucr. 4, 61; cf. id. 3, 614.
* The beard as the covering of the chin, Lucr. 5, 673 (cf. vesticeps and investis).
* A spider's web, Lucr. 3, 386.