vestio

Latin

Etymology

vestis (“clothes, apparel”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯es.ti.oː/, [ˈu̯ɛs̠t̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈves.ti.o/, [ˈvɛst̪io]

Verb

vestiō (present infinitive vestīre, perfect active vestīvī or vestiī, supine vestītum); fourth conjugation

1. to clothe, dress

   (passive voice) Synonyms: gerō, portō

2. to adorn, attire, deck
3. (of vegetation) to cover, blanket
4. (figuratively) to make emperor (i.e. clothe in imperial purple)

Conjugation

Conjugation of vestiō (fourth conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vestiō	vestīs	vestit	vestīmus	vestītis	vestiunt
	imperfect	vestiēbam	vestiēbās	vestiēbat	vestiēbāmus	vestiēbātis	vestiēbant
	future	vestiam	vestiēs	vestiet	vestiēmus	vestiētis	vestient
	perfect	vestīvī, vestiī	vestīvistī, vestiistī	vestīvit, vestiit	vestīvimus, vestiimus	vestīvistis, vestiistis	vestīvērunt, vestīvēre, vestiērunt, vestiēre
	pluperfect	vestīveram, vestieram	vestīverās, vestierās	vestīverat, vestierat	vestīverāmus, vestierāmus	vestīverātis, vestierātis	vestīverant, vestierant
	future perfect	vestīverō, vestierō	vestīveris, vestieris	vestīverit, vestierit	vestīverimus, vestierimus	vestīveritis, vestieritis	vestīverint, vestierint
passive	present	vestior	vestīris, vestīre	vestītur	vestīmur	vestīminī	vestiuntur
	imperfect	vestiēbar	vestiēbāris, vestiēbāre	vestiēbātur	vestiēbāmur	vestiēbāminī	vestiēbantur
	future	vestiar	vestiēris, vestiēre	vestiētur	vestiēmur	vestiēminī	vestientur
	perfect	vestītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vestītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vestītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vestiam	vestiās	vestiat	vestiāmus	vestiātis	vestiant
	imperfect	vestīrem	vestīrēs	vestīret	vestīrēmus	vestīrētis	vestīrent
	perfect	vestīverim, vestierim	vestīverīs, vestierīs	vestīverit, vestierit	vestīverīmus, vestierīmus	vestīverītis, vestierītis	vestīverint, vestierint
	pluperfect	vestīvissem, vestiissem	vestīvissēs, vestiissēs	vestīvisset, vestiisset	vestīvissēmus, vestiissēmus	vestīvissētis, vestiissētis	vestīvissent, vestiissent
passive	present	vestiar	vestiāris, vestiāre	vestiātur	vestiāmur	vestiāminī	vestiantur
	imperfect	vestīrer	vestīrēris, vestīrēre	vestīrētur	vestīrēmur	vestīrēminī	vestīrentur
	perfect	vestītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vestītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	vestī	—	—	vestīte	—
	future	—	vestītō	vestītō	—	vestītōte	vestiuntō
passive	present	—	vestīre	—	—	vestīminī	—
	future	—	vestītor	vestītor	—	—	vestiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vestīre	vestīvisse, vestiisse	vestītūrum esse	vestīrī, vestīrier1	vestītum esse	vestītum īrī
participles		vestiēns	—	vestītūrus	—	vestītus	vestiendus, vestiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		vestiendī	vestiendō	vestiendum	vestiendō	vestītum	vestītū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

• circumvestiō
• dēvestiō
• investiō

Related terms

• vestiārium
• vestiārius
• vesticula
• vestifica
• vestificīna
• vestificus
• vestifluus
• vestīmentum
• vestiplica
• vestiplicus
• vestis
• vestispica
• vestītor
• vestītus

Descendants

• Asturian: vistir
• Catalan: vestir
• Dalmatian: vester
• English: vest
• Friulian: vistî
• Galician: vestir
• Italian: vestire
• Ligurian: vestî
• Occitan: vestir
• Old French: vestir
  • Middle French: vestir
    • French: vêtir
• Piedmontese: veste
• Portuguese: vestir
• Romansch: vestgir, vistgeir, vstir, vestir
• Romanian: vești (dated)
• Sardinian: bestire, beltire, bestiri, bistire, bistiri, vestire
• Sicilian: vistiri
• Spanish: vestir
• Venetan: vestir

References

• “vestio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vestio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vestio 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)
• vestio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to go into mourning: vestem mutare (opp. ad vestitum suum redire) (Planc. 12. 29)
    
  • (ambiguous) drapery: vestis stragula or simply vestis