What does vestis mean in Latin?

vestis, a noun, means “garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”.

What is the genitive of vestis?

The genitive singular is vestis. vestis is feminine, third declension.

How do you pronounce vestis?

In classical Latin, [ˈwɛs.tɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈvɛs.tis].

vestis, vestis — meaning & declension

Meaning

femininegarment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

omne quod corpus hominum tegit: tunica, toga, palla.

vestis -is f — in Mille Verba, ch. Vestis et Ōrnāmenta

quod corpore gerimus

vestis -is (f) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 2

quod corpus tegit, toga

vestis -is (f) — in Metamorphoses I, †

clothing

vestis -is — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 2, 3, 8, 9, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Vestis · Vestitus · Vestimentum · Amictus · Amiculum · Cultus · Habitus

1. Vestis (from vas, Goth. wastjan) is the most general expression, and denotes sometimes the whole clothes; vestitus, sometimes only a single article of dress, vestimentum. Vestem mutare denotes, to go into mourning; vestimenta mutare, to shift one’s clothes. 2. Vestis and vestimentum denote the clothes which cover the body, as necessary or decent; amictus and amiculum (from ambi and jacere) the cloak or mantle which covers the under-clothing, for the sake of warmth or of ornament; amictus, the whole of the over-clothing; amiculum, a single article, as a mantle. Tac. G. 17. Feminæ sæpius lineis amictibus velantur, partemque vestitus superioris in manicas non extendunt. Curt. v. 1, 38. Sil. It. vii. 447. 3. Cultus and habitus have a wider meaning than vestis; cultus (occulere) whatever belongs to dress, girdle, hat, ornaments, arms, etc.; habitus, whatever belongs to the exterior in general, cleanliness, mode of dressing the hair, carriage of the body, etc. Suet. Cæs. 44. Dicam ea, quæ ad formam et habitum et cultum et mores pertinebant. Cal. 52. Vestitu calceatuque cæteroque habitu. (v. 209.)

Declension

declension
form	singular	plural
nominative	vestis	vestēs
genitive	vestis	vestium vestum
dative	vestī	vestibus
accusative	vestem	vestēs vestīs
ablative	veste	vestibus
vocative	vestis	vestēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

vestem ponere (exuere): to undress.
induere vestem (without sibi): to dress oneself.
vestis stragula or simply vestis: drapery.
vestem mutare (opp. ad vestitum suum redire) (Planc. 12. 29): to go into mourning.

vestis, is, f. Sanscr. root vas-, to put on; Gr. ἑσ-, ϝεσ-; cf. ἕννυμι, ἐσθής,

I. the covering for the body, clothes, clothing, attire, vesture (syn. amictus; in class. prose only sing.).

I. 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.—

2. Esp.: mutare vestem.

(a). 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.—

(b). 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.—

3. 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.—

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. —

II. Transf., of any sort of covering.

1. 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. —

2. Poet.

(a). A veil, Stat. Th. 7, 244.—

(b). The skin of a serpent, Lucr. 4, 61; cf. id. 3, 614.—

(g). The beard as the covering of the chin, Lucr. 5, 673 (cf. vesticeps and investis).—

(d). A spider's web, Lucr. 3, 386.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *westis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis, from *wes- (“to be dressed”). Cognate with Old Armenian զգեստ (zgest), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌹 (wasti), Tocharian B wastsi, and Ancient Greek εἷμα (heîma, “garment”). The root was also the source of English wear.

Italo-Romance

Italianveste
Frenchvestefrom Italian veste
Sicilianvesti

Borrowings

Spanishveste

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesVestisVestis The history of Greek and Roman dress has been only told in part by the articles which describe various garments and ornaments under their sever…