vestio

Latin

Etymology

vestis (“clothes, apparel”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɛs.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɛs.t̪i.o]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		vestīre			vestīrī, vestīrier1			vestiēns			—
future		vestītūrum esse			vestītum īrī			vestītūrus			vestiendus, vestiundus
perfect		vestīvisse, vestiisse			vestītum esse			—			vestītus
future perfect		—			vestītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		vestītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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, 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