VES 
VES 
VES 
Primo .vespere. Id. B. C. 1, 20. Prima 
vesperi, sc. hora. Cic. Perpotavit usque 
ad vesperum. Sallust. Et jam die (for 
diei) vesper erat.. Hence, ablat. Ves¬ 
pere, or Vesperi, in the evening, at even¬ 
tide, late. Cic. Heri vesperi litteras 
niisit, yesterday in the evening, yester- 
evening. Tercnt. Tam vesperi, so late 
(in the evening). Cic. Litteras reddidit 
a. d. viii. id. Start, vespere. Hence, Liv. 
Incertum est, quid vesper ferat, we know 
nut whut the evening may bring with it. 
Virg. Quid vesper serus vehat. — Hence, 
Vesper, for evening meal, evening repast, 
»upper. Plaul. In vesperum parare 
piscatum. Hence, Plaul. De vesperi 
alicujus coenare, to cat at some one’s 
board, receive food from him. So, Id. 
De suo vesperi vivere, to board one’s 
self, to be indebted to no man for food. 
-IT Also, the west. Ovid. Zepbyrus 
sero vespere missus adest. — Also, the 
west, h. e. the dwellers in the west. Sil. 
Totus adest vesper. 
VESPERA (cotrepa), sc, f. the evening. 
Cic. Ad vesperatr, at evening, towards 
evening. Tacit. Inumbrante vespera. 
Plant. Sive est prima vespera, the be¬ 
ginning of evening. Hence, V espera 
( abl .), at evening, in the evening. Plin. 
Tradunt, florem vespera rnergi usque 
ad mediam noctein. So, Justin. Prima 
vespera, in the beginning of the evening. 
-IT It is to be observed, that vespera 
is an antique form, and has been ban 
ished from Cic. and Cats, by the later 
editors. Only in Cic. Cat. II, 4, G, 
Orelli yet reads ad vesperam. 
VeSPERaLIS (vesper), e, adj. Solin. 
3 plaga, li. e. the west. 
VESPERaSCS (vespera), is, ravi, n. 3. to 
% become evening. JVep. Ccelo vesperas- 
cente; or, Tacit. Die vesperascente, 
h. e. when evening came on. Also, im- 
pers. Vesperascit, evening draws on, 
Loircpa^ei. Terent. So, Gell. Ad id diei, 
ubi jam vesperaverat, when evening hail 
closed in. 
VESPERI? | See Ves P er - 
VeSPeRNX (vespera), sc. coena, the 
3 evening meal, supper. Plaut. fragm. 
VESPERS (Id.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
3 make the day evening, or to bring to eve¬ 
ning. Solin. Die jam vesperato, when 
evening had now come on. 
VESPERTILI8 (vesper), onis, m. the bat., 
rear-mouse, wsrepig. Plin. and Auct. 
carm. de Philom. 
VESPERTINOS (Id.), a, um, adj. of or 
in the evening, belonging to the evening, 
evening, ioTcepiv6g. Cic. Stella Saturni 
vespertinis temporibus delitescens. Id. 
1 itteraj, received at evening. Id. sena- 
tusconsulta, made in the evening. Varr. 
aer, evening air. Plin. acies, h. e. oculi, 
qui vesperi minus vident. Hence, Ves- 
pertinum, the evening, as, Plin. Matu- 
tinis vespertinisque. It. e. in the morn¬ 
ing and evening (but hinds may be 
here understood). — Also, is Vesperti- 
nus, doing something in the evening; or 
it stands^for Vesperi, in the evening; 
as, Ilorat. Si vespertinus subito te op 
presserit hospes. Id. Vespertinum per 
erro forum, li. e. vesperi.-IT Also, 
lying to the west, western/ Ilorat. regio. 
Prudent, populus. - II Also, late, 
»living or doing something afterwards. 
Prudent, populus. (See just above.) 
VESPER0G5 (vesper), inis, f. the evening- 
star, "Einrepog. Vitruv. ■ -IT Also, the 
but. Tertull. 
VESPEROS (Id.), a, um, adj. evening. 
Plin. hora.-IT Vesperus, i, m. See 
Vesper. 
VESPILL5 (Id.) ; onis, m. one who carries 
2 out the bodies of the poorer sort to burial; 
a bearer, l/expoSaim/s. Sueton. and 
Martial. 
VESTA fEo-rtrt), re, f. a name common to 
two goddesses. — First, the mother of 
Saturn, otherwise called Ops, Cybele, 
P^hea, and Terra, so that she represents 
the earth. Ovid. Fast. G, 299. — Second 
ly, the daughter of Saturn and Ops, sup¬ 
posed to represent fire. She was wor¬ 
shiped by the Trojans, and afterwards 
by the Romans. Numa built her a tem¬ 
ple, and dedicated to her service the 
vestal virgins, who were under the 
superintendence of the Pontifex Maxi¬ 
mus (see Vestalis) ; lienee, Ovid, calls 
Cccsar, Vest® sacerdos, h. e. pontifex 
maximus. Hence, Vesta, for the tem¬ 
ple of Vesta. Ovid. Vesta arsit. - 
If Hence, the hearth , or the fire. Virg. 
Oe. 4, 384. Sil. 6, 76. 
VeSTaLIS (Vesta), e, adj. of or pertain¬ 
ing to Vesta, vestal. Ovid, sacra; and, 
Varr. Vestalia (absol.), the festival of 
Vesta. Tibull. foci (A. e. ignes). — 
Hence, Virgo Vestalis, and Vestalis 
(absol.), a vestal, priestess of Vesta, a 
vestal virgin. Cic. e legg. xii. tab. and 
Liv. These vestals were chosen be¬ 
tween the sixth and tenth years of their 
age (this is called, Vestalem legere, 
Liv. ; or, capere, Gell.). They were 
obliged to continue in this service thir¬ 
ty years (ten for their own instruction, 
ten for the discharge of the sacred 
offices, and ten for the training of the 
younger virgins), during which period 
they were required to preserve inviola¬ 
ble chastity and to keep the vestal fire 
constantly burning: if they parted with 
their chastity, they were commonly 
buried alive ; if they let the fire go out, 
they were scourged. In compensation 
for these restrictions, they enjoyed vari¬ 
ous privileges.-IT Also, vestal, h. e. 
pertaining or proper to the vestal virgins. 
Ovid, oculi, A. e. chaste. 
VESTER, or VoSTElt (from vos, or from 
apwirepoi), tra, trum, adj. pron. of or 
pertaining to you , your, yours, iptrepo;. 
Plaut. Jbi voster ccenat. Cic. Majores 
vestri saipe bella gesserunt. Ovid. 
Vestrum dare, vincere nostrum est, it 
is yours (your part, business, province ) 
to give. Hence, Vestrum, what is yours, 
your money or substance; as, Liv. De 
vestro impendite. — Vester is also found 
where a single individual is addressed, 
but others are implied; thus, Ovid. 
makes Helen say to Paris, Verbaque di- 
cuntur vestra carere fide, h. e. the words 
of you men, or of you and your like. - 
H We find Vestrorum, vestrarum, for ves¬ 
trum (genit. plur. of vos), of you, among 
you. ° Terent. -- IT Also, in a passive 
sense. Liv. Odio vestro, h. e. vestri, 
of or towards you. 
VeSTIaRIOS (vestis), a, um, adj. of or 
2 pertaining to clothes, iparisds. Cato. 
area, clotlies-chest, clothes-press. Pan¬ 
dect. Negotiator vestiarius, a clothes- 
dealer. Id. and Inscript. Vestiarius 
(absol.), a maker or seller of clothes 
Also, absol. Vestiarium, a place where 
clothes are kept, a clothes-press, clotlies- 
room. Plin. Or, also, articles of cloth¬ 
ing, clothes. Senec. and Colum. (who 
uses the plur.). 
VESTIBuLUM (unc.), i, n. the vestibule 
of a house; a porch or entry between the 
house door and the street, trpOSpopos, 
7 rpoSupov, irpoKv\aiov. Cic. In primo 
aditu vestibuloque templi. Id. balne- 
arum. Id. redium. - IT Hence, the 
approach or entrance to a thing. Cic. 
Vestibulum sepulcri usucapi vetat. Liv. 
urbis. Id. castrorum. So, also, of 
bees. Colum. Cum sic apis evadit ves¬ 
tibulum, ut nulla intro revolet. And 
of hen-houses or hen-coops and pigeon- 
houses. Id. Also, Cic. In vestibulo 
Sicilire, h. e. in prima Sicilia, at the 
entrance or front of Sicily. -IT Figur. 
of an orator, entrance or introduction to 
a thing. Cic. Oral.. 15. 
VESTICEPS (vestis & capio), Ipis, adj. 
3 that gets his first beard, that has reached 
the age of puberty, ysvti&v. Gell. and 
Tertull. --IT Ironically, come to puberty, 
h. e. lewd or otherwise corrupted. Apul. 
VESTICoNTuBERNIUM (vestis & con- 
3 tubernium), ii, n. a lying together under 
the same covering. Petron. 
VESTICOLX, re, f. dimin. from vestis. 
3 Pandect. 
VESTIFICINA (vestis & facio), re, f. the 
3 making of garments. Tertull. 
VESTIFLOOS (vestis & fluo), a, um, adj. 
3 wearing loose and flowing garments. 
Petron. _ Lydus. 
VESTiGaTIS (vestigo), onis, f. atracing, 
3 searching after, looking up. Apul. 
VESTIGaTOR (Id.), oris, m. a tracer, 
2 tracker, searcher, seeker. Varr. and 
Colum. Also, Sevec. Quod factum si- 
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mul et Maroex notis illius temporis ves- 
tigatoribu3 notavit, p-ryers, spies, in¬ 
formers. 
ESTIGIUM . (unc.), ii, n. a footfall, 
tread, made when we walk or stand. 
Cic. Vestigium facere in foro, to set 
foot, to stand or walk. Id. Ubicumque 
posuit vestigia, wherever he trod. Virg. 
Vestigia figere, li. e. to go, walk. Id. 
premere, to stand still, to stop. - 
IT Hence, the tread or footstep , the print, 
mark or impression of the foot, trace., 
track, \xroi, aripog. Cic. ungulre, the 
print of a hoof. Quintil. Pes vestigium 
facit, makes an impression, leaves a print 
Plin. Vestigio hominis ariimadverso. 
Cic. Persequi alicujus vestigia, to fol¬ 
low or tread in some one’s footsteps, 
figur. ft. e. to imitate him. So, also, Id. 
Alicujus vestigiis ingredi. Id. Ali- 
quem vestigiis consequi. So, figur. 
Id. Aliquem ipsius vestigiis persequi, 
A. c. to imitate. Also, Liv. Pergunt 
hostem vestigiis sequi, to pursue the 
tracks of the enemy. Id. Occnrrere in 
vestigiis alicujus, to follow in his tracks. 
— Also, the track or trace, which a dog 
scents ; as, Plin. Scrutari vestigia. — 
Figur. a trace , vestige, mark, sign, token, 
indication. Liv. Tergum, feedurn recen- 
tibus vestigiis verberum. Cic. Vesti¬ 
gia mulieris in lectulo videre. Id. Ex¬ 
stent oportet e.xpressa sceleris vestigia. 
Id. Romani nominis memoriam cum 
vestigio imperii deiere. Virg. Priscre 
vestigia fraudis, vestiges, traces, re¬ 
mains. Tacit, morientis libertatis.- 
IT Also, a tread or step. Cic. Facere 
vestigium in possessionem, A. e. to step 
into, set foot in. Liv. Negans e republ. 
esse vestigium abscedi ab Ilannibale, a 
single step, so much as one step. Virg. 
Vestigia impediunt, ride amongst one 
another, intertwine or involve themselves 
in riding. Id. Vestigia vertere, to flee. 
- IT Also, the place or spot on which a 
man treads or stands. Liv. In suo ves¬ 
tigio morituros, on the spot where they 
stood. So, also, Id. In vestigio mori, 
on the spot. Cic. [Jt x'estigium, in quo 
ille postremum institisset, contueremur, 
A. e. place or spot. Auct. ad Her. Stan- 
tes in vestigio, standing in one place, not 
changing place (the opposite of inambu- 
lantes).° Hence, Tacit. Vestigia urbis, 
the place where a city has stood, the ruins. 
- IT Also, the under part of the foot, 
the sole ; or, the whole treading foot; and 
also, the foot. Cic. Adversis vestigiis 
stant contra nostra vestigia, stand with 
their feet (or the soles of their feet) oppo¬ 
site to ours. Plin. A vestigio ad verti- 
cem. Virg. Vestigia torquere, to turn 
round. Cic. Leviter presso vestigio. 
Ovid. Nymph® nudre vestigia, A. e. with 
bare feet. — Hence, a horse-shoe. Plin. 
-IT Also, the cut or impression made 
by a cutting instrument. Colum. Plaga 
uno vestigio allevatur.-IT Figur. of 
time, a point, moment, instant. Cies. 
Galli® salutem in illo temporis vestigio 
positam, A. e. that point of time. Cic. 
Eodem vestigio temporis, at the same 
time. So, Cats. Eodem vestigio. Hence, 
E or ex vestigio, immediately, forthwith. 
Cic. and C<bs. So, also, Cats. E vestigio 
temporis (Ed. Oud. ; others omit e). 
VESTIG5 (vestigium), as, a. 1. to trace, 
track, search after, seek for, ixyevw. 
Senec. Canis vestigat feras. Cic. Hi 
voluptates omnes vestigant atque odo- 
rantur. Id. Causas rerum vestigabimus. 
Virg. Turnum vestigat lustrans. And 
absol. Plin. Tigris odore vestigans, 
following the track by the scent. -— 
IT Also, to track out, find by searching. 
Liv. Perfugas et fugitives, quos inqiu- 
rendo vestigare potuerint, reddidisse. 
VESTIMENTUM fvestio), i, n. that 
which serves for clothing, clothes, a gar¬ 
ment, iirtP\vpa. Cic. Domnin venil, 
calceos et vestimenta niutavit. Liv. 
Album (subst.) addere in vestiinentum. 
Id. Vestimenta mittere exercitui. Plant. 
Ntido vestimenta detrahere, to strip a 
naked man, proverb.-IT Also, what 
serves as a sort of clothing for other 
things, cloth with which a thing is spread, 
a covering, tapestry. Senec. Major pars 
(temporis) in vestimentis degitur, A. e. 
sub veste stragula, lodice, under the bea- 
