Vesta en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈvɛstə/
- (Southern-England) audio
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.
Meanings
- (Roman) 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.
- The fourth asteroid discovered, and second largest, (4) Vesta.
Coordinates
Athena (Eternal Virgin Goddesses) · Hestia (Eternal Virgin Goddesses) · Diana (Eternal Virgin Goddesses) · Minerva (Eternal Virgin Goddesses) · Artemis (Eternal Virgin Goddesses)
Deriveds
vestal · vestal virgin · Vestan · vestoid · Vestian · Vestal
Synonyms
⚶ · formerly
Translations (36)
ja ヴェスタ (Roman goddess) · fr Vesta (asteroid) · ar فِسْتَا (Roman goddess) · ga Veiste (Roman goddess) · mr व्हेस्टा (asteroid) · vi Vesta (asteroid) · ko 베스타 (Roman goddess) · chr ᏪᏍᏔ (asteroid) · pt Vesta (Roman goddess) · sh Vȅsta (Roman goddess) · ja ウェスタ (Roman goddess) · sw Vesta (asteroid) · mr व्हेस्टा (Roman goddess) · pl Westa (Roman goddess) · eo Vesto (Roman goddess) · ru Ве́ста (asteroid) · eo Vesto (asteroid) · hi वेस्टा (Roman goddess) · sw Vesta (Roman goddess) · fr Vesta (Roman goddess) · cmn 維斯塔 /维斯塔 (Roman goddess) · es Vesta (asteroid) · cmn 維斯塔 /维斯塔 (asteroid) · fi Vesta (Roman goddess) · vi sao Táo Thần (asteroid) · ja ベスタ (asteroid) · chr ᏪᏍᏔ (Roman goddess) · el Εστία (asteroid) · sh Ве̏ста (Roman goddess) · ko 베스타 (asteroid) · ru Ве́ста (Roman goddess) · cmn 灶神星 (asteroid) · nl Vesta (Roman goddess) · ar فِيسْتَا (asteroid) · fi Vesta (asteroid) · el Βέστα (Roman goddess)