I.fut. amicibor, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 6; perf. only in exs. below; inf. perf. amicisse, Front.) [jacio], to throw round, to wrap about (cf. ἀμφιβάλλω); exclusively of upper garments (on the contr., induere, of clothes put or drawn on; vestire, of those for the protection or ornament of the body): se amicire or pass. amiciri, to throw round, veil one's self.
I. Lit.: “amictus epicroco, Naev. ap. Var. 7, 3, 92: palliolatim amictus,” Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 29: “amicibor gloriose,” id. Pers. 2, 5, 6: “pallium, quo amictus, soccos, quibus indutus esset,” Cic. de Or. 3, 32: “amictus est pallio,” Vulg. 1 Reg. 28, 14: “amictus togā purpureā,” Cic. Phil. 2, 34: qui te togā praetextā amicuit, Brut. ap. Diom. p. 364 P.: “celerius mater amixit, Varr. ib.: dum calceabat ipse sese et amiciebat,” Suet. Vesp. 21 al.—Poet.: nube umeros (Gr. acc.) amictus, Hor. C. 1, 2, 31; Verg. A. 1, 516: “amictus nube,” Vulg. Apoc. 10, 1: “lumine,” ib. Psa. 103, 2: “mulier amicta sole,” ib. ib. 12, 1; so, “(rex) amicietur terrā Aegypti, sicut amicitur pastor pallio suo,” ib. Jer. 43, 12.—
II. Trop., of other things, to cover, clothe, wrap up: “nive amicta loca,” Cat. 63, 70: “colus amicta lanā,” id. 64, 311: “amicitur vitibus ulmus,” Ov. P. 3, 8, 13: “et piper et quidquid chartis amicitur ineptis,” Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 270: “amicta ossa luridā pelle,” id. Epod. 17, 22: “amicti vitibus montes,” Flor. 1, 16: “partem alteram luce, alteram tenebris amicisse Jovem,” Fronto, Fer. Als. p. 188.
