vĭĕo, no perf., ētum, 2, v. a. [root in Sanscr. vjā-, cover; Gr. ἴτυς, border; cf. Lat. vitex, vitta, vimen, vitis, etc.],
to bend or twist together , to plait , weave (ante-class.): viere vincire: a quo est in Sota Ennii: Ibant malaci viere Veneriam corollam, Varr. L. L. 5, § 62 Müll. ( Enn. p. 164 Vahl.); cf. Fest. p. 375 Müll.; Non. p. 189, 20: ut habeas vimina, unde viendo quid facias, ut sirpeas, vallos, crates, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 5.— Hence, vĭētus (per synaeresin scanned as a dissyl., Hor. Epod. 12, 7), a, um, P. a., prop., bent together , bent up; hence, shrunken , shrivelled , withered , wrinkled (cf. viesco): aliquid vietum et caducum, Cic. Sen. 2, 5: membra, Hor. Epod. 12, 7: ficus, Col. 12, 15, 1.—Transf.: cor, Cic. Div. 2, 16, 37: senex, Ter. Eun. 688: vestis, decayed , Lucr. 3, 385.