verb transitive

con-vestĭo

2nd PP con-vestīre · 3rd PP con-vestīvi · 4th PP con-vestītum · conj. 4th

to clothe, cover with clothing

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

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

by extension •

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.

Perseus ID: n11007 Key: convestio