Vesta

See also: vesta, vešta, vésta, and vēsta

English

Vesta's planetary symbol

Original symbol

Old elaborate form of symbol

Etymology

From 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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛstə/

Proper noun

Vesta

(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) 4 Vesta, the fourth asteroid discovered.

Synonyms

(astronomy, astrology): ⚶

Coordinate terms

(Eternal Virgin Goddesses): Hestia, Artemis/Diana, Athena/Minerva

Derived terms

vestal
vestal virgin
Vestan
Vestian
vestoid

Translations

Roman goddess

Arabic: فِسْتَا‎ f (fistā)
Cherokee: ᏪᏍᏔ (westa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 維斯塔／维斯塔 (Wéisītǎ)
Esperanto: Vesto (eo)
Finnish: Vesta (fi)
French: Vesta (fr) f
Greek: Βέστα f (Vésta)
Irish: Veiste f
Japanese: ウェスタ (Wesuta), ヴェスタ (Vesuta)
Korean: 베스타 (Beseuta)
Portuguese: Vesta (pt) f
Russian: Ве́ста (ru) f (Vésta)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ве̏ста f
Roman: Vȅsta (sh) f
Swahili: Vesta

asteroid

Arabic: فِيسْتَا‎ f (fīstā)
Cherokee: ᏪᏍᏔ (westa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 灶神星 (zh) (Zàoshénxīng), 維斯塔／维斯塔 (Wéisītǎ)
Esperanto: Vesto (eo)
Finnish: Vesta (fi)
French: Vesta (fr) f
Greek: Εστία (el) f (Estía)
Japanese: ベスタ (Besuta)
Korean: 베스타 (Beseuta)
Russian: Ве́ста (ru) f (Vésta)
Spanish: Vesta f
Swahili: Vesta

Anagrams

Avest., Sveta, evats, stave, vates

Estonian

Proper noun

Vesta

(Roman mythology) Vesta
(astronomy) Vesta
a female given name from Latin

Related terms

Veste

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɛs.ta/
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Proper noun

Vesta f

(Roman mythology) Vesta
(astronomy) Vesta

Synonyms

(astronomy, astrology): ⚶

Anagrams

vaste

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-; see also Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía), Old High German wesan (“to be”), Gothic wisan, Sanskrit वसति (vasati, “to abide, to dwell”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯es.ta/, [ˈu̯ɛs̠t̪ä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈves.ta/, [ˈvɛst̪ä]

Proper noun

Vesta f (genitive Vestae); first declension

(Roman mythology) The goddess of the hearth and the household.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Vesta	Vestae
Genitive	Vestae	Vestārum
Dative	Vestae	Vestīs
Accusative	Vestam	Vestās
Ablative	Vestā	Vestīs
Vocative	Vesta	Vestae

References

“Vesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Vesta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Middle English

Etymology

From Latin Vesta.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɛsta/

Proper noun

Vesta

(mythology) The Roman goddess of the hearth and home; Vesta.

Descendants

English: Vesta

References

“Vesta, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-31.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛs.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʃ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛs.ta/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʃ.tɐ/

Hyphenation: Ves‧ta

Proper noun

Vesta f

(Roman mythology) Vesta (goddess of domestic life)

Related terms

Héstia

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋêsta/
Homophones: vȅsta
Hyphenation: Ves‧ta

Proper noun

Vȅsta f (Cyrillic spelling Ве̏ста)

(Roman mythology) Vesta (Roman goddess)

Declension

Declension of Vesta

	singular
nominative	Vȅsta
genitive	Veste
dative	Vesti
accusative	Vestu
vocative	Vesto
locative	Vesti
instrumental	Vestom