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|lshtext=<b>Vesta</b>: ae, f. Sanscr. [[root]] vas, to [[burn]]; vasaras, [[day]]; [[whence]] also Gr. Εστία.<br /><b>I</b> Another [[name]] for Ops, [[Cybele]], Terra, the [[wife]] of Cœlus and [[mother]] of [[Saturn]], Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67; Ov. F. 6, 267.—<br /><b>II</b> Her granddaughter, [[daughter]] of [[Saturn]], the [[goddess]] of flocks and herds, and of the [[household]] in [[general]], Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67; id. Leg. 2, 12, 29; id. Div. 1, 45, 101; id. Fam. 14, 2, 2; id. de Or. 3, 3, 10; in her [[temple]] the [[holy]] [[fire]] burned [[perpetually]], attended by the Vestal virgins, id. Leg. 2, 8, 20; id. Cat. 4, 9, 18; Liv. 28, 11; 4, 52: Vestae [[sacerdos]], i. e. the Pontifex [[maximus]], of Cœsar, Ov. F. 5, 573; id. M. 15, 778.—<br /> <b>B</b> Poet., transf.<br /> <b>1</b> The [[temple]] of [[Vesta]]: quo tempore [[Vesta]] Arsit Ov. F. 6, 437; cf. id. ib. 6, 234; 6, 713.—<br /> <b>2</b> Fire: ter [[liquido]] ardentem perfudit nectare Vestam, Verg. G. 4, 384; Sil. 6, 76.— Hence, Vestālis, e, adj., of or belonging to [[Vesta]], Vestal: festi, Ov. F. 6, 395: ara, Luc. 1, 549: foci, id. 1, 199: virgines, priestesses of [[Vesta]], Vestal virgins, Vestals, Cic. Leg. 2, 8, 20; id. Rep. 2, 14, 26; 3, 10, 17; Liv. 4, 44 fin.—Sing., Gell. 1, 12, 9: [[sacerdos]], id. 1, 12, 14 al.—<br /> <b>B</b> Substt.<br /> <b>1</b> Ve-stālis, is, f. ([[virgo]]), a [[priestess]] of [[Vesta]], a Vestal, Liv. 1, 3 sq.; Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39; Ov. F. 2, 383 al.—Hence, as adj.: Vestales oculi, of the Vestals, Ov. Tr. 2, 311.—<br /> <b>2</b> Ve-stālĭa, ĭum, n., the [[festival]] of [[Vesta]], Varr. L. L. 6, 3, 17. | |||
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