Vesta

See also: vesta, vešta, vésta, and vēsta

English

Vesta planetary symbol (modern)

Vesta planetary symbol (original)

Vesta planetary symbol (old elaborate form)

Vesta planetary symbol (old elaborate form)

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

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 Latin in occasional use.
3. (astronomy) 4 Vesta, the fourth asteroid discovered.

Synonyms

• (astronomy, astrology): ⚶

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

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, 维斯塔 (Wéisītǎ)

• Esperanto: Vesto (eo)
• Finnish: Vesta (fi)
• French: Vesta (fr) f
• Greek: Βέστα f (Vésta)
• Irish: Veiste f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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, 维斯塔 (Wéisītǎ)

• Esperanto: Vesto (eo)
• Finnish: Vesta (fi)
• French: Vesta (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: Εστία (el) f (Estía)
• Japanese: ベスタ (Besuta)
• Korean: 베스타 (Beseuta)
• Russian: Ве́ста (ru) f (Vésta)
• Spanish: Vesta f
• Swahili: Vesta

See also

• (mythology): Vesta (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (astronomy): 4 Vesta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Avest., Sveta, evats, stave, vates

---

Estonian

Proper noun

Vesta

1. (Roman mythology) Vesta
2. (astronomy) Vesta
3. a female given name from Latin

Related terms

• Veste

---

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛs.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Vesta f

1. (Roman mythology) Vesta
2. (astronomy) Vesta

Synonyms

• (astronomy, astrology): ⚶

See also

• Vesta (mythologie) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• (4) Vesta on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯es.ta/, [ˈu̯ɛs̠t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈves.ta/, [ˈvɛst̪ä]

Proper noun

Vesta f (genitive Vestae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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

1. (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/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʃ.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʃ.tɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛʃ.tɐ/

Proper noun

Vesta f

1. (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)

1. (Roman mythology) Vesta (Roman goddess)

Declension

Declension of Vesta

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