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clothes; in bed. Terenl. ’Lectus vesti- 
meutio stratus est. 
FeSTTNI, orum, m. a people of Italy on the 
Adriatic. Liv. — Hence, Vestlnus, a, 
uin, adj. Vestinian. Liv. populus, li. e. 
Vestini. Id. cohors. 
VeSTIO (vestis), is, ivi, Itum, a. 4. to 
clothe, array, dress, attire, ivSvoi, Ipa- 
t'l^co. Plant. Yir te vestiat, tu virnm 
despolies. Virg. Sponte sua sandyx 
pascentes vestiet agnos. Plin. Indos 
sua arbores vestiunt. Id. Hercules in 
foro boario per triumphos vestitur habi- 
tu triumphal!. Cic. Vatinii strumain 
sacerdotii vestiant. Juvenal. 
Phrygia vestitur' bucca tiara. Quintil. 
Fascia;, quibus crura vestiuntur. — 
Hence, absol. Apul. Levius vestio, for 
me vestio, I dress. - IT Figur. to 
clothe, to cover as with a garment, or 
merely to cover, deck, adorn. Cic. His 
tabulis interiores templi parietes vestie- 
bantur. Virg. Terra viridi se gramine 
vestit. Cic. Natura oculos membranis 
tenuissimis vestivit. Virg. Olea mag¬ 
num vestire Taburnum, to cover or fill 
with olives. Id. Campos tether lumine 
vestit, clothes, invests. Cais. Trabes 
multo aggere vestiuntur. Cic. Recon- 
ditas exquisitasque sententias mollis et 
pellucens vestiebat oratio, clothed. - 
IT Vestibat, for vestiebat. Virg. — 
Vestirier, for vestiri. Prudent. - 
11 See, also, Vestitus, a, um. 
VeSTIPLICa (vestis & plico), te, f. a 
3 maid who folds the clothes, clothes’-folder, 
a sort of wardrobe-woman. Quintil. de¬ 
clam. 
VeSTIS (eoSris), is, f. a garment, vest, 
robe, vestment, clothes, dress, suit, habili¬ 
ments, £a-&/){, eaSr/pa, Ipariov. Plant. 
Contempla, satin’ haicnie vestis deceat. 
Terent. Discidit vestem? resarcietur. 
Id. Vestem mutare, to change the clothes, 
vut on other garments. Id. Vestem mu¬ 
tare cum aliquo, to exchange clothes with 
one. In particular, Vestem inutare, to 
change the dress as a mark of grief, to 
put on mourning. Cic. and Liv. - 
IT Hence, generally, whatever clothes a 
thing, h. e. covers or adorns it as with a 
garment. — Thus, a cloth (or cloth, 
clothes) for covering couches, tapestry. 
Horat. Tincta super lectos canderet 
vestis. Ovid. Vestibus hunc (lectum 
coenatorium) velant. Lucret. Plebeia 
in veste cubandum. So, Cic. Tanquam 
in aliquant locupletem domum venerim, 
non explicata veste, neque proposito 
argento, &c. Also, with stragula. Cic. 
— Also, the first beard of youth. Lu¬ 
cret. — Also, the skin of a snake. Lu¬ 
cret. Serpens exuit vestem, casts his 
skin or slough. — Also, any veil or cover¬ 
ing, a veil. ° Stat. Defenditur atra veste 
genas.-IT Also, simply, a web. Lu¬ 
cret. aranei, spider’s web. 
VeSTISPICA (vestis & specio), re, f. a 
3 female slave who hud the care of the 
clothes, superintendent of the wardrobe. 
Plaut. , 
VeSTITSR (vestio), oris, m. a clothes- 
3 maker, tailor, seamster. Lamprid. 
VeSTITuS (Id.), us, nt. clothing, c’ot.hes, 
dress, apparel, raiment, attire, iuShs, ipa- 
Tiapos. Plaut. Vestituin atque orna- 
tum immutabilem babet htec. Cies. 
Catsaris adventu ex colore vestitus cog- 
nito. Cic. Venisse eo muliebri vestitu 
virum. JYcpos. Agesilaus et comites 
vestitu humili atque obsoleto. Terenl. 
Vestitu (for vestitui) nimio indulges, 
h. e. nimis sumptuosa veste filium or- 
nas. Plaut. Me saturum servire apud 
te sumptu et vestitu tuo, h. e. te prte- 
bente vestitum. Also, Vestituin mu¬ 
tare, to change one’s dress; hence, to 
put on mourning. Cic. So, Id. Ad ves¬ 
titum suum redire, tu return to his usual 
dress, put off mourning-clothes. -IT Fig¬ 
ur. a clothing, clothing, dress, vesture, h. e. 
a covering, decoration, &c. as with a 
garment. Cic. Concinnitas ilia vestitu 
illo orationis, quo consueverant, ornata 
non erat. Id. Riparum vestitus viri- 
dissiinos, h. e grass. Id. Vestitus 
densissimos montium, h. e. trees, 
woods. 
VeSTITOS. a, um, particip. from vestio. 
-IT Adj. clothed, clad, dressed, ap¬ 
pareled, arrayed, attired, fiaS-ypevos. 
J\Tep. Cum aliquem videret minus bene 
vestitum. Cic. Ipse cum hominibus 
quindecim male vestitis. Id. Animan- 
tes villis vestitie. Apul. Neque una 
pelle vestitior fuit Hercules. Colum. 
Id pecus ex omnibus animalibus ves- 
titissimum. - IT Figur. clothed, ar¬ 
rayed, attired, h. e. covered, decked. 
Cic. Sepulcrum vestitum vepribus, be¬ 
set, set thick. Liv. Montes vestiti fre- 
quentibus silvis sunt. Cic. Montes ves¬ 
titi, sc. gramine, arboribus, &c. 
VeSTRaS (vester), atis, m. and f. adj. 
3 pron. of your countmj, family, &c. one 
of your people. Charis. 
VeSVIOS, ii, m. for Vesuvius. Martial. — 
Also, adjectively. Colum. Vesvia rura. 
VESOLOS, i, m. a mountain on the borders 
of Liguria, now Viso. Virg. 
VESOVTNOS, and, by syncope, VeSVI- 
NuS, a, um, adj. of or pertaining to 
mount Vesuvius, Vesuvius. Stat. apex. 
Id. incendia. --IT Vesbinus, a, um, is 
also found. 
VESiiVIOS, ii, m. the well-known volcanic 
mountain Vesuvius. Liv. 
VETER, eris, for Vetus. Enn. ap. Prise. 
VeTERaMeNTaRIPS (vetus), a, um, 
adj. Thus, Sucton. sutor, A. e. a cob¬ 
bler, mender of old shoes, waXiiioppaipn;. 
VETERaNOS (vetus), a, um, adj. old, of 
many years’ age or standing, irpeoPvTyi. 
Van-, boves. Colum. vitis. Liv. hos- 
tis. Especially of soldiers, Miles vete- 
ranus, or Veteranus (sc. miles), an old 
tried soldier ; a veteran soldier, veteran. 
Cic. So, Cais. Legio veterana, a veteran 
legion, h. e. composed of veterans. Liv. 
exercitus. — Hence, Veteranum (ab¬ 
sol.), a repository, where any thing is 
laid up to grow old, or where old things 
are laid up; for instance, a wine-cellar 
stocked with old wines. Senec. (Ed. 
Qronov. others read Veteraria). 
VETERaRIUM, ii, n. See Veteranus. 
VETERaSCS (vetus), is, ravi, (ratum), 
n. 3. to become old, zaXaidopai. Colum. 
Urina, quam sex mensibus passus fue- 
ris veterascere. Cels. Cum febres ve- 
teraverunt, utilis fame” non est, are 
of long standing. Cic. fragm. In eo 
quern veterascentem videat ad gloriam. 
Hence, Veteratus, a, um, become old, 
old. Plin. (But this may belong also 
to vetero.) 
VETERaTOR (vetero, or veterasco), oris, 
m. one who has become old in any thing, 
consequently, tefto is practised, well 
versed, expert in any thing. Cell. Vme- 
batur esse in litteris veterator. Cic. In 
privatis causis satis veterator. — Hence, 
one who has become old in cunning ; a sly, 
cunning, crafty fellow; an old rogue, 
crafty knave, old fox, naXatoptvXunp, ira- 
Xiorpixp, rpifiaxos, dnarecov. Terent. 
Q.uid hie viilt veterator sibi ? Cic. Ipse 
est veterator magnus.- IT Also, an 
old slave Pandect. 
VETERaToRIe (veteratorius), adv. art- 
1 fully, subtly, cunningly, craftily, navovp- 
ycof. Cic. 
VETERaToRTOS (veterator), a, um, adj. 
artful, cunning, crafty, sly, subtle, iravovp- 
yix6s. Cic. 
VeTERaTRiX (Id.), Jcis, f. cunning, 
3 crafty, rcavovpyos. Apul. Met. 9. femina. 
(Ed. Elm. ; but Ed. Oudcnd. has vera- 
tricem). 
VETERaTOS, a, um. See Veterasco, and 
5 Vetero. 
VETEReTUM (perhaps from vetus), i, n. 
9 a field which has long lain fallow and not 
been ploughed. Colum. 
VETERINaRIOS (veterinus), a, um, adj. 
2 of or pertaining to beasts of burden or 
draught, veterinary. Colum. medicina. 
Id. Veterinarius (absol.), a veterinary 
doctor, horse-doctor, sheep-doctor, farrier, 
ITnr'iaTpng. Colum. 
VETERINOS (for veheterinus, from veho), 
a, urn, adj. bearing burdens or drawing 
carriages, virogvyio;. Varr. Vet crime 
(sc. pecudes, or bestire), bensts of burden 
and draught. So, Plin. Veterina (sc. 
anintalia). Id. Caudre caulis asinis lon- 
gior, quant equis, sed setosus veteri- 
nis, ft. e. equis mulisque. Id. Genus 
veterinum. Lucret. semen equorum. 
VETkRNoSITaS (veternosirs), atis, f. 
3 lethargy, somnolency. Fulgent. 
VETERNoSOS (veternus), a, um, adj. la- 
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boring under a lethargy, lethargic, XySap- 
ikv s’. Plin. Jecur aprinum veternosis (sc. 
ominibus) datur.-IT Figur. dreamy 
sleepy, drowsy, dull, languid, sjiiritless 
Senec. Mihi videtur veternosi animi,8£e- 
pe indolescere. Sidon. dicendi genus.— 
Also, feeble, weak, vain , effecting nothing. 
Senec. Nodi veternosissimi urtilicii. 
VETeRNOS (from vetus ; or, masc. of ve- 
ternus, a, um), i, nt. old age, antiquity. 
Stat. Silva hoininum trausgressa- veter- 
no avos.- II Also, old dirt, or nasti¬ 
ness. Colum. -IT Also, drowsiness, 
as a disease, lethargy, to which old 
men are especially subject, XySapyos 
Knrai/iopa. Plaut. — Hence, a long- 
protracted, sleeping. Plin. (of bears).— 
Figur. lethargy, drowsiness, sleepiness, 
sloth, sluggishness. Cic. civitatis. Virg. 
Nec torpere gravi passus sua regna ve- 
terno. 
VETeRNOS (vetus), a, um, adj. old, of 
long standing or duration. Prudent, and 
A pul. 
VETERS (Id.), as, avi, alum, n. and a. 
Intrans. to become old. Cels. Febres 
veteraverunt. - IT Trans, to make 
old; hence, Veteratus, a, um, become 
old. Plin. ulcera. -IT But this may 
all be referred to Veterasco, which see. 
VETITOS, a, um, particip. from veto. 
-Adj. prohibited, forbidden, kskcvXv- 
psvoi. Virg. flic invasit vetitos hyme- 
meos. Plin. Ep. Factum vetitum qui- 
dem, non tamen inusitatum.— Hence, 
Vetitum, that which is forbidden, a for¬ 
bidden thing. Ovid. Nitimur in vetitum. 
Also, a prohibition, interdict. Cic. Jussa 
ac vetita populorunt. Virg. Contra ve¬ 
titum. 
VeTS (perhaps front vetus, and so mean¬ 
ing properly to leave in its old state, 
not to allow the new), as, ui, itum, a. 
1. to will that something shall not be, to 
say that something shall not be (either in 
entreaty or command), to dissuade, for¬ 
bid, prohibit, the opposite of jubco ; con¬ 
strued more frequently with accus. and 
infin., but also with ne. Liv. Adole- 
scens vetat earn mirari, bids her not won¬ 
der, tells her not to iconder. Cces. Qutini 
leges duos niagistratus creari vetarent. 
JVepos. Vetuit ad eum quemquam ad- 
mitti. Cic. Rationes a te collects ve- 
tabant, me reip. diffidere. Horat. Ne 
quis liumasse velit Ajacem, Atrida, 
vetas cur? And without ne; as, Ho¬ 
rat. Vetabo, sub iisdem sit trabibus, I 
will forbid him to be under, &c. Also, 
Vetitum est, it is or has heen forbidden; 
as, Terent. Ait esse vetitum, accedere. 
_The thing also stands in the accus. 
without the infin. Virg. Bella vetabat, 
ft. c. dissuadebat, gave his advice against. 
Ovid. Nec ntajora veto. Hence, Ve- 
tari, to be prohibited or interdicted; as, 
Tacit. Genus hontinum, quod vetabitur 
sentpsr. — The person stands also in 
tile accus. without the infin. Horat. 
Vetuit tali nte voce Quirinus. Hence, 
Vetor, I am forbidden, prohibited, &c. ; 
I may not, I am not allowed, I have not 
leave) as, Cic. Quod vetamnr veteri 
proverbio, teftieft we are forbidden by the 
old proverb to do. Virg. Vetor fatis. 
Cic. Quunt equites Roni. flere pro me 
edictis vetarentur. Liv. Redemptori- 
bus vetitis frumentum parare. — With 
an infin., without an accus. of the per¬ 
son. Martial. Censura vetat mcechari, 
forbids adultery. — Veto was also the 
word used by a tribune of the people, 
when he protested against a measure of 
the senate or of a magistrate ; I am op¬ 
posed to it. I forbid it, I protest against it. 
Liv. -IT Figur. to forbid, ward off, hin¬ 
der, prevent; construed as before. Virg. 
Non me vetabunt frigora circuntdare 
saltus. Ovid. Ventos audite vetnntes, 
A. e. adversos, contrary. Stat. Tristia 
damna vetabo. Hence, Quid vetat? 
what hinders ? what is there to prevent 1 
as, Horat. Quid vetat nosmet qua; re re, 
cur, &c. Ovid. Quid vetat Stellas di- 
cere ? Also in the passive ; as, Senec. 
Sapientia nulla re, quo minus se exer- 
ceat, vetari potest, ft. e. be hindered or 
prevented from, &c. Virg. Vetor fatis 
(see above). Tacit. Nihil per metum 
vetabantur. Id. Fossa, qua incerta Oce- 
ani vetarentur. Lucan. Vetitus cetate 
