[ˈwɛs.ta], [ˈvɛs.ta]
OrigoFrom 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”).
- Roman, declension-1, feminineVesta, goddess of the hearth and the household, equivalent to Greek Hestia.
“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 pe” — Why, you ask, is the goddess tended by virgin ministers? I’ll discover the true causes for this as well. They say that Juno and Ceres were born of Ops by Saturn’s seed; Vesta was the third daughter. T
FormaeVestae(genitive) · 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)