vestitus Latin · revision 31602

+ {{homograph|1|clothed}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|origins=la vestis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [wɛsˈtiː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [vesˈtiː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vestītus''' (feminine vestīta, neuter vestītum, comparative vestītior, superlative vestītissimus); first/second-declension adjective^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The adjective “clothed” is the past participle of [[vestiō|t=to clothe, dress]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan derives ⟨vestiō⟩ from [[vestis|t=clothing]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It has the senses of the verb, especially fully clothed, dressed.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Medieval Latin the ''manus vestīta'' was the “vested hand” of the person receiving land, which would defend it and stood for its possession.^(Niermeyer 1976) It also meant being in possession of something, and a ''mansus vestītus'' was a holding occupied and farmed by an invested tenant, as opposed to a vacant one.^(Niermeyer 1976) Of an estate it is furnished, fully equipped.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|clothed]], dressed; covered.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' ''manus vestīta'': the hand of the person invested with land.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Of a holding, occupied and worked by an invested tenant; of an estate, fully equipped.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ {{homograph|2|clothing}}

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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=la vestis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [wɛsˈtiː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [vesˈtiː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vestītus''' ''m'' (genitive vestītūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The noun “clothing” is [[af|la|vestiō|-tus|t1=to clothe]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists it under ⟨vestis⟩, which he derives from [[itc-pro|*wes-ti-]] and [[ine-pro|*ues-ti-]], probably a Latin formation from the root of [[sa|वस्ते|tr=váste|t=wears]], [[grc|ἕννυμι|tr=hénnumi|t=to clothe]] and [[got|𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽|tr=and-wasjan|t=to take off]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis and Short cite Ennius, “with this clothing”,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and de Vaan and Köbler Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) where a speaker says “I change my clothing”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is one's dress, also as part of one's keep: in Plautus someone would serve well fed “at your expense and in your clothing”.^(OLD 2012) ''Vestītum mūtāre'' was to put on mourning, as people did when friends were in danger, and ''ad vestītum redīre'' to put it off again.^(OLD 2012) Cicero transfers it to style, a speech no longer adorned in its usual dress, and to natural coverings such as the green vegetation of riverbanks.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin has it for clothing, vesture, attire.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of one's clothes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of mourning dress and of the covering of riverbanks.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|clothing]], dress, [[m|en|apparel]], attire; one's clothes as part of one's keep.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''vestītum mūtāre'': to put on [[m|en|mourning]];^(OLD 2012) ''ad vestītum redīre'': to put it off.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A natural covering, of vegetation or hair;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) ''(figurative)'' the dress of a speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vestiārius]]

+ * [[vestīmentum]]

+ * [[vestiō]]

+ * [[vestis]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein calls ''vestis'' the most general word for clothing, sometimes the whole of one's clothes, while ''vestītus'' can be a single article of dress, like ''vestīmentum'';^(Döderlein 1874) ''vestem mūtāre'' is to go into mourning, ''vestīmenta mūtāre'' merely to change one's clothes.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}