Vesta Definition

vĕstə
noun
The goddess of the hearth, identified with the Greek Hestia.
Webster's New World
The brightest of the asteroids and the second most massive object in the asteroid belt after the dwarf planet Ceres.
American Heritage
A short wooden or wax match.
Webster's New World
pronoun

(Roman mythology) The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.

Wiktionary
A female given name in occasional use.
Wiktionary

(astronomy) Short for 4 Vesta, the fourth asteroid discovered.

Wiktionary

Origin of Vesta

  • From Latin Vesta, related to Ancient Greek ἑστία (hestia, “to dwell") and Ἑστία (Hestia, “Hestia"), all from Proto-Indo-European *hâ‚‚wes-; see also Old High German and Old English wesan (“to be"), Gothic wisan (wisan), Sanskrit वसति (“abide dwell").

    From Wiktionary

  • Vesta itself came to mean chaste, pure, or virgin, based from this goddess.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin wes-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Vesta Sentence Examples

  • Her worship was early transferred to Rome, localized by the Lacus Juturnae near the temple of Vesta, at which Castor and Pollux, after announcing the victory of lake Regillus, were said to have washed the sweat from their horses.

  • According to some accounts, there was a second Palladium at Troy, which was taken to Italy by Aeneas and kept in the temple of Vesta at Rome.

  • A male Pales was sometimes spoken of, corresponding in some respects to Pan; the female Pales was associated with Vesta and Anna Perenna.

  • But the closest and most curious analogy is seen in the case of Vesta.

  • In the same spirit, he established a new shrine of Vesta Augusta within the palace, a private cult at first, but destined to be a serious rival of the ancient worship in the forum.

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Words Starting With

VVEVES

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ATASTA

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