clothe Copy link Outline 1. vestio, 4 (the most comprehensive term)2. convestio, 4 (to c. completely3. vēlo, 1 (prop. to veil, drape, cover)4. indŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3 (chiefly with pron. reflect. or as pass.; in sense of to c. oneself5. ămĭcio, ĭcui, and ixi, ictum, 4 (i. e. to throw or wrap around; hence only with ref. to external clothing) • clothe: 1. vestio, 4 (the most comprehensive term): to be c.d in triumphal dress, habitu triumphali vestiri, Plin.: some animals are covered with hides, others c.d with fur, animantes aliae coriis tectae sunt, aliae villis vestitae, Cic.: the mountains are c.d with forests, montes silvis vestiuntur, Liv.: to c. and adorn one's discoveries with eloquence, inventa v. atque ornare oratione, Cic.: Quint. 2. convestio, 4 (to c. completely: rare and chiefly poet.): the ivy has c.d everything, omnia convestivit hedera, Cic.: Lucr. 3. vēlo, 1 (prop. to veil, drape, cover): clad in the toga, velatus toga, Liv.: clad in a purple garment, purpurea velatus veste, Ov. 4. indŭo, ŭi, ūtum, 3 (chiefly with pron. reflect. or as pass.; in sense of to c. oneself: see also to put on): c.d in a gilded mantle, palla inaurata indutus, Auct. ad Her.: Cic.: also poet. with acc. of that which is put on: clad in the spoils of Achilles, exuvias indutus Achillei, Virg. (where the constr. is that of the Gr. Mid. Verb). Esp. meton.: gods c.d in the human form, dii induti specie humana, Cic.: the tree c.s itself with fruit, pomis se induit arbos, Virg.: c.d as it were in two characters, indutus duabus quasi personis, Cic. 5. ămĭcio, ĭcui, and ixi, ictum, 4 (i. e. to throw or wrap around; hence only with ref. to external clothing): c.d in a purple toga, amictus toga purpurea, Cic.: with thy radiant shoulders c.d in cloud, nube candentes humeros amictus, Hor.