convestio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

con-vestĭo, īvi, ītum, 4 (arch. inf. pass. convestirier, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 69), v. a., to clothe, cover with clothing (rare, and mostly in ante-class. poetry). *

I Lit.: cruenta corpora, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2.—

II Transf.: prata herbis, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. l. l.; cf.: Topiarium laudavi: ita omnia convestivit hederā, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5: domum lucis, to surround , id. Dom. 38, 101: omnia suā luce sol, * Lucr. 2, 147.

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