Hestia

See also: Héstia and Hestią

English

Hestia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía), from ἑστία (hestía, “hearth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛsti.ə/

Proper noun

Hestia

1. (Greek mythology) The virgin goddess of the hearth, and the household, and therefore of domestic life.
2. (astronomy) 46 Hestia, a main belt asteroid.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 46 Hestia, ㊻

Translations

Greek goddess

• Armenian: Հեստիա (hy) (Hestia)
• Bulgarian: Хестия f (Hestija)
• Catalan: Hestia f
• Danish: Hestia
• French: Hestia (fr) f
• Georgian: ჰესტია (hesṭia)
• Greek: Εστία (el) f (Estía)

  Ancient: Ἑστία (Hestía)

• Hungarian: Hesztia
• Irish: Heistia f
• Italian: Estia f
• Japanese: ヘスティアー (Hesutiā)
• Korean: 헤스티아 (Heseutia)
• Latvian: Hestija f
• Lithuanian: Hestija f
• Occitan: Estia f
• Polish: Hestia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Héstia f
• Russian: Ге́стия (ru) f (Géstija)
• Spanish: Hestia f
• Swedish: Hestia (sv)
• Ukrainian: Ге́стія f (Héstija)

Asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 司祭星 (Sījìxīng)

Further reading

• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

Anagrams

• Hastie, saithe, shatei

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈti.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈti.a]

Proper noun

Hestia f

1. (Greek mythology) Hestia

Further reading

• Hestia on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.tja/

Proper noun

Hestia f

1. (Greek mythology) Hestia

Further reading

• Hestia on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía), from ἑστία (hestía, “hearth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛs.tja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛstja
• Syllabification: Hes‧tia

Proper noun

Hestia m pers

1. (Greek mythology) Hestia

Declension

Declension of Hestia

	singular
nominative	Hestia
genitive	Hestii
dative	Hestii
accusative	Hestię
instrumental	Hestią
locative	Hestii
vocative	Hestio

Further reading

• Hestia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈestja/ [ˈes.t̪ja]
• Rhymes: -estja
• Syllabification: Hes‧tia

Proper noun

Hestia f

1. (Greek mythology) Hestia

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía), from ἑστία (hestía, “hearth”).

Proper noun

Hestia c (genitive Hestias)

1. (Greek mythology) Hestia

See also

• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Afrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hefaistos, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

Turkish

Proper noun

Hestia

1. (Greek mythology) Hestia