LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

vestītus

vestītus m (genitive vestītūs)
Classical[wɛsˈtiː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[vesˈtiː.tus]

Meaning

  1. clothing, apparel, raiment, attire
  2. a cover, covering

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevestītusvestītūs
genitivevestītūsvestītuum
dativevestītuīvestītibus
accusativevestītumvestītūs
ablativevestītūvestītibus
vocativevestītusvestītūs

vestītus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of vestio.
vestītus, ūs, m. vestio,
I. clothing, clothes, dress, apparel, raiment, attire, vesture.
I. Lit.: hoc cum vestitu, Enn. ap. Non. p. 537, 28 (Trag. v. 373 Vahl.): immutabilis, Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 8: muliebris, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 3; id. Rosc. Am. 49, 144: obsoletior, id. Agr. 2, 5, 13; id. Quint. 15, 49; Caes. B. G. 4, 1; 7, 88; Liv. 29, 17, 11: mutare vestitum = mutare vestem, to put on mourning garments, to put on mourning, Cic. Sest. 14, 32; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 1; id. Att. 3, 15, 5; cf. on the contrary: redire ad suum vestitum, to resume one's ordinary clothing, to lay off mourning, id. Sest. 14, 32: vestitu (dat.) nimio indulges, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 38.—Abstr.: me saturum servire apud te sumptu et vestitu tuo, i. e. with the clothing that you give, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 72.—
B. Transf., of inanim. things, covering, etc.: adde huc liquores perlucidos amnium, riparum vestitus viridissimos, Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 98: densissimi montium, id. ib. 2, 64, 161.—*
II. Trop.: orationis, Cic. Brut. 95, 327.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wéstis
  3. Proto-Italic*westis
  4. Latinvestītus

Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin vestiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin vestītus From vestiō + -tus (forming action nouns).

Descendants
  • Catalanvestit
  • Italianvestito
  • Occitanvestit
  • Portuguesevestido
  • Spanishvestido
  • Asturianvestidu
  • Friulianvistît
  • Romagnolvstid
  • Romagnolvistìd
  • Romanshvestgì

In English words that came into English from vestītus

  • transvestitetrāns
  • vesturevestītūra

Quick answers

What does vestītus mean in Latin?
vestītus, a noun, means “clothing, apparel, raiment, attire; a cover, covering”.
What is the genitive of vestītus?
The genitive singular is vestītūs. vestītus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce vestītus?
In classical Latin, [wɛsˈtiː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vesˈtiː.tus].
Where does vestītus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *wes- → Proto-Indo-European *wéstis → Proto-Italic *westis → Latin vestītus.