amiciō

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ăm-ĭcĭo, ĭcui, or ixi, ictum, 4, v. a. ( fut. amicibor, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 6; perf. only in exs. below; inf. perf. amicisse, Front.) [jacio], to throw round, to wrap about (cf. amphiballô); 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.

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.—

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.

ămictus, a, um, Part. of amicio.

ămictus, ūs, m. [amicio], orig. a throwing about or on one of a garment; hence,

The manner of dressing, fashion:

amictum imitari alicujus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 22, 91 (cf. Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 2):

est aliquid in amictu,

Quint. 11, 3, 156.—

Meton., abstr. pro concr., the garment itself that is thrown about or on, any clothing, a mantle, cloak, etc.:

quam (statuam) esse ejusdem, status, amictus, anulus, imago ipsa declarat,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 17:

frustra jam vestes, frustra mutatur amictus,

Tib. 1, 9, 13:

velut amictum mutabis eos,

Vulg. Heb. 1, 12:

duplex,

made of a double texture, Verg. A. 5, 421:

Tyrii,

Ov. A. A. 2, 297:

amictus corporis,

Vulg. Eccli. 19, 27:

nec amictu ora velabis,

ib. Ez. 24, 17: gloriam dedit sanctitatis amictum, the garment of holiness, i. e. the sacred vestment, ib. Eccli. 50, 12 et saep.—

Trop.

For other kinds of covering: caeli mutemus amictum, the air which surrounds us, i. e. to go into another region, * Lucr. 6, 1133:

Phrygius,

Verg. A. 3, 545:

nebulae amictus,

id. ib. 1, 412; Stat. Th. 1, 631:

caecus,

Sil. 12, 613:

jam virides lacerate comas, jam scindite amictus,

i. e. the herbage that clothes the ground, weeds, Col. 10, 70.—

Prov.:

quem mater amictum dedit, sollicite custodire,

i. e. not to give up the habits formed in early youth, Quint. 5, 14, 31.

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ambi- ( ambe-, Varr. L. L. 7, § 30 Müll.); abbrev. amb-, am-, an-.

Insepar. prep. [Osc. amfr-; Umbr. am-, an-, ampr-; Gr. amphi; old Sax. umbi; old Germ. umpi; mod. Germ. um = around; Sanscr. abhi = around], around, round about; used only in composition; before vowels usually amb-: ambages, ambedo, ambigo, ambio, amburo; but amicio (for amjicio); once also amp-: ampulla; before consonants, ambi-: ambidens, ambifariam, ambivium; am-: amplector, amputo, amsegetes, amtermini; or amp-: ampsanctus; but before c, q, h, f, t, an-: anceps, ancisus, anquiro, anhelo (q. v.), anhelus, anfractus, etc.—

Also am, an, arch. prep., round, around:

am fines, am segetes,

Charis. 2, p. 205 P.: an terminum, Cato, Orig. ap. Macr. 1, 14, 5; cf. Schneid. Gr. I. p. 535 sq.; Kühner, Ausf. Gr. § 210, 8; Hand, Turs. I. pp. 284 sq.

ob-nūbo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a., to veil, cover (very rare; syn.: velo, induo, amicio).

Lit.: LICTOR, CONLIGA MANVS, CAPVT OBNVBITO, ARBORI INFELICI SVSPENDITO, an old formula ap. Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13: flammeo caput nubentis obvolvatur, quod antiqui obnubere vocarint... legem jubere caput ejus obnubere qui parentem necavisset, quod est obvolvere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 170 Müll.; Liv. 1, 26; Val. Fl. 2, 254:

ca put tempestate,

Sil. 11, 259: comas amictu Verg. A. 11, 77.— Absol., to veil the head [p. 1239] obnubit, caput operit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 184 Müll.—

Transf.:

mare terras obnubit,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 72 Müll.

vestĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 ( imperf. vestibat, Verg. A. 8, 160; inf. vestirier, Prud. Psych. 39), v. a. [vestis], to cover with a garment, to dress, clothe, vest (syn.: induo, amicio).

Lit.: Vatinii strumam sacerdotii dibaphhô vestiant, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 2:

vir te vestiat, tu virum despolies,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 4:

candide vestitus,

id. ib. 4, 1, 10:

vos tam maestiter vestitas,

id. Rud. 1, 5, 7:

homines male vestiti,

Cic. Pis. 25, 61:

fasciae, quibus crura vestiuntur,

Quint. 11, 3, 144:

te bis Afro Murice tinctae Vestiunt lanae,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 37:

sic Indos suae arbores vestiunt,

Plin. 12, 11, 22, § 39:

Phrygiā vestitur bucca tiarā,

Juv. 6, 516:

unam vestire tribum tua vellera possunt,

Mart. 2, 46, 5.—Mid.: vestiri in foro honeste mos erat, Cato ap. Gell. 11, 2, 5:

lino alii vestiuntur aut lanis,

Mel. 3, 7, 3.—So, in late Lat., in the active form:

tu mihi vitio dabis, quod parcius pasco, levius vestio,

am clothed, App. Mag. p. 287, 26; Tert. Pall. 1.—

Transf.

Of animals:

animantes aliae coriis tectae sunt, aliae villis vestitae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121:

sandyx pascentis vestiet agnos,

Verg. E. 4, 45:

pleraque contra frigus ex suo corpore vestiuntur,

Quint. 2, 16, 14.—

In gen., of inanimate things, to clothe, cover, deck, array, attire, surround, adorn, etc.:

campos lumine (aether),

Verg. A. 6, 640:

natura oculos membranis tenuissimis vestivit et saepsit,

Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142; cf.:

deus animum circumdedit corpore et vestivit extrinsecus,

id. Univ. 6 fin.:

sepulcrum saeptum undique et vestitum vepribus et dumetis,

id. Tusc. 5, 23, 64:

his tabulis templi parietes vestiebantur,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 55, § 122.—

Esp., of vegetation:

montes silvis,

Liv. 32, 13, 3:

vite hederāque vestiti montes,

Just. 12, 7, 7.— Absol.:

montes vestiti,

i. e. covered with verdure, Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 132:

trabes multo aggere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf.

of the beard: molli lanugine malas,

Lucr. 5, 889:

genas flore,

Verg. A. 8, 160:

oleā magnum Taburnum,

Verg. G. 2, 38:

gramine vestitis accubuere toris,

Ov. F. 1, 402:

incendit vestitos messibus agros,

id. ib. 4, 707; Curt. 6, 5, 15; Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 31:

ubi se vites frondibus vestierint,

Col. 4, 27, 1:

se gramine (terra),

Verg. G. 2, 219.—

Trop., to clothe, etc.:

reconditas exquisitasque sententias mollis et pellucens vestiebat oratio,

Cic. Brut. 79, 274:

inventa vestire atque ornare oratione,

id. de Or. 1, 31, 142:

gloriā aliquem supra vires,

Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22:

res, quae illo verborum habitu vestiuntur,

Quint. 8, praef. § 20; cf.

of mental culture: aridum atque jejunum non alemus et quasi vestiemus?

id. 2, 8, 9.—

Esp., to invest with the imperial purple, to make emperor:

quaere quem vestias,

Amm. 26, 4, 1.—Hence, vestītus, a, um, P. a., clothed, clad (very rare):

neque unā pelle vestitior fuit (Hercules),

App. Mag. p. 288, 28.—So comp., Tert. Anim. 38.— Sup.:

id pecus (oves) ex omnibus animalibus vestitissimum,

Col. 7, 3, 8.