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10. Okt. 2017 · Vesta. Roman goddess of hearth and home, late 14c., corresponding to, and perhaps cognate with, Greek Hestia, from hestia "hearth," from PIE root *wes- (3) "to dwell, stay" (source also of Sanskrit vasati "stays, dwells," Gothic wisan, Old English, Old High German wesan "to be"). As the name of a planetoid from 1807 (Olbers).
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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”). Vestaitself came to mean chaste, pure, or virgin, based from this goddess.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /vɛstə/
Proper noun
Vesta 1. (Roman mythology) The virgin goddess of the hearth, fire, and the household, and therefore a deity of domestic life. The Roman counterpart of Hestia. 2. A female given name from Latinin occasional use. 3. (astronomy) The fourth asteroid discovered, and second largest, (4) Vesta.
Proper noun
Vesta 1. (Roman mythology) Vesta 2. (astronomy) Vesta 3. a female given namefrom Latin
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /vɛs.ta/
Proper noun
Vesta f 1. (Roman mythology) Vesta 2. (astronomy) Vesta
Anagrams
1. vaste
Etymology
From 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
1. (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯es.ta/, [ˈu̯ɛs̠t̪ä] 2. (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈves.ta/, [ˈvɛst̪ä]
Proper noun
Vesta f (genitive Vestae); first declension 1. (Roman mythology, religion) Vesta, goddess of the hearth and the household, equivalent to Greek Hestia. 1.1. 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti VI.283–288: 1.1.1. 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. 1.1.1.1. Why, you ask, is the goddess tended...
Etymology
From Latin Vesta.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈvɛsta/
Proper noun
Vesta 1. (mythology) The Roman goddess of the hearth and home; Vesta.
Pronunciation
1. Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛstɐ, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃtɐ 2. Hyphenation: Ves‧ta
Proper noun
Vesta f 1. (Roman mythology) Vesta (goddess of domestic life)
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ʋêsta/ 2. Homophones: vȅsta 3. Hyphenation: Ves‧ta
Proper noun
Vȅsta f (Cyrillic spelling Ве̏ста) 1. (Roman mythology) Vesta(Roman goddess)
29. Nov. 2022 · Etymology. The name “Vesta” was rooted in the Proto Indo-European *wes, meaning “to dwell,” or “stay.” Vesta’s name, then, appeared to reference the goddesses’ association with the hearth and home. “Vesta” was also clearly a cognate of “Hestia,” the name of the Greek goddess on whom Vesta was based. The ...
Etymology. Ovid derived Vesta from Latin vi stando – "standing by power". Cicero supposed that the Latin name Vesta derives from its Greek counterpart, Hestia, which Cornutus claimed to have derived from Greek hestanai dia pantos ("standing for ever"). This etymology is offered by Servius as well. [5] .
20. Nov. 2020 · Meaning & History. Probably a Roman cognate of Hestia. Vesta was the Roman goddess of the hearth. A continuous fire, tended by the Vestal Virgins, was burned in the Temple of Vesta in Rome.
The earliest known use of the noun Vesta is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for Vesta is from before 1387, in a translation by John Trevisa, translator. Vesta is a borrowing from Latin.
2. Sept. 2009 · Vesta was the goddess of the hearth, the home, and domestic life in the Roman religion (idenitified with the Greek goddess Hestia). She was the first-born of the titans Kronos and Rhea and, like the others, was swallowed by her father.
