Vesta
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English Vesta, from Latin Vesta, related to Ancient Greek ἑστία (hestía, “to dwell”) and Ἑστία (Hestía, “Hestia”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-; see also Old High German and Old English wesan (“to be”), Gothic wisan, Sanskrit वसति (vasati, “abide dwell”).
Vesta itself came to mean chaste, pure, or virgin, based from this goddess.
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editVesta
- (Roman mythology) The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia.
- A female given name from Latin in occasional use.
- (astronomy) The fourth asteroid discovered, and second largest, (4) Vesta.
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See also
edit- (mythology): Vesta (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (astronomy): 4 Vesta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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edit- (astronomy, astrology): ⚶
See also
edit- Vesta (mythologie) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- (4) Vesta on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
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editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Italic *Westā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, reside, live in”); see also Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía), Old High German wesan (“to be”), Gothic wisan, Sanskrit वसति (vasati, “to abide, to dwell”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯es.ta/, [ˈu̯ɛs̠t̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈves.ta/, [ˈvɛst̪ä]
Proper noun
editVesta f (genitive Vestae); first declension
- (Roman mythology, religion) Vesta, goddess of the hearth and the household, equivalent to Greek Hestia.
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti VI.283–288:
- cur sit virginibus, quæris, dea culta ministris? / inveniam causas hac quoque parte suas. / ex Ope Iunonem memorant Cereremque creatas / semine Saturni; tertia Vesta fuit. / utraque nupserunt, ambæ peperisse feruntur; / de tribus impatiens restitit una viri.
- Why, you ask, is the goddess tended by virgin ministers? I’ll discover the true causes for this as well. They say that Juno and Ceres were born of Ops by Saturn’s seed; Vesta was the third daughter. The other two married, both reported to have borne children; of the three, one remained who could not bear a husband.
- cur sit virginibus, quæris, dea culta ministris? / inveniam causas hac quoque parte suas. / ex Ope Iunonem memorant Cereremque creatas / semine Saturni; tertia Vesta fuit. / utraque nupserunt, ambæ peperisse feruntur; / de tribus impatiens restitit una viri.
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Vesta | Vestae |
genitive | Vestae | Vestārum |
dative | Vestae | Vestīs |
accusative | Vestam | Vestās |
ablative | Vestā | Vestīs |
vocative | Vesta | Vestae |
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editFurther reading
edit- “Vesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Vesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Vesta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1666/3.
- Vesta in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3450
- “Vesta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English
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Descendants
edit- English: Vesta
References
edit- “Vesta, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-31.
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editVȅsta f (Cyrillic spelling Ве̏ста)
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