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con-vestĭo , īvi, ītum, 4 (arch.
I.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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 3.1.2
    • Cicero, On his House, 38.101
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.147
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.28
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