"Vesta" meaning in Latin

See Vesta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈu̯es.ta/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈu̯ɛs̠t̪ä] [Classical-Latin], /ˈves.ta/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈvɛst̪ä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*Westā}} Proto-Italic *Westā, {{der|la|ine-pro|*h₂wes-|t=to dwell, reside, live in}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, reside, live in”), {{cog|grc|Ἑστία}} Ancient Greek Ἑστία (Hestía), {{cog|goh|wesan|t=to be}} Old High German wesan (“to be”), {{cog|got|wisan}} Gothic wisan, {{cog|sa|वसति|t=to abide, to dwell}} Sanskrit वसति (vasati, “to abide, to dwell”) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Vesta<1.both>}} Vesta f (genitive Vestae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Vesta<1.both>}} Forms: Vestae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Vesta [nominative, singular], Vestae [nominative, plural], Vestae [genitive, singular], Vestārum [genitive, plural], Vestae [dative, singular], Vestīs [dative, plural], Vestam [accusative, singular], Vestās [accusative, plural], Vestā [ablative, singular], Vestīs [ablative, plural], Vesta [singular, vocative], Vestae [plural, vocative]
  1. (Roman mythology, religion) Vesta, goddess of the hearth and the household, equivalent to Greek Hestia. Tags: Roman, declension-1, feminine Categories (topical): Religion, Roman deities Derived forms: Vestālia, Vestālis

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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."
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      ]
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    }
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          "text": "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."
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}

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