dress (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. hăbĭtus, ūs (gen. term)2. cultus, ūs (strictly, as adorning the person)3. ornātus, ūs (as adorning or equipping the person)4. vestītus, vestis, vestīmentum (strictly, as protecting the person from cold, etc., whereas the preceding words imply a certain style of dress or decoration) • dress (subs.): 1. hăbĭtus, ūs (gen. term): to change d. with any one, h. cum aliquo mutare, Suet.: Quint.: shepherd's d., pastoris, pastoralis h., Liv. Join: habitus vestitusque, Liv. 2. cultus, ūs (strictly, as adorning the person): in his d. he is said to have been remarkable, cultu notabilem (fuisse) ferunt, Suet.: moderate in d. (of an empress), modica cultu, Plin. jun.: also sometimes in plur., Flor.: Ov.: a shepherd's d., pastoralis c., Vell. 3. ornātus, ūs (as adorning or equipping the person): military d., o. militaris, Cic.: the d. of a ship-captain, o. nauclericus, Pl.: she flings away her lands to buy d., abjicit agros ut o. paret, Phaedr. 4. vestītus, vestis, vestīmentum (strictly, as protecting the person from cold, etc., whereas the preceding words imply a certain style of dress or decoration): extravagant d., nimius v., Ter.: v. clothes.