Vesta

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Ἑστία, ἡ.

Latin > English

Vesta Vestae N F :: Vesta; (goddess of flocks/herds and of hearth/household); (child of Saturn+Ops)

Wikipedia EN

Vesta (Classical Latin: [ˈwɛsta]) is the virgin goddess of the hearth, home, and family in Roman religion. She was rarely depicted in human form, and was often represented by the fire of her temple in the Forum Romanum. Entry to her temple was permitted only to her priestesses, the Vestals, who tended the sacred fire at the hearth in her temple. As she was considered a guardian of the Roman people, her festival, the Vestalia (7–15 June), was regarded as one of the most important Roman holidays. During the Vestalia matrons walked barefoot through the city to the sanctuary of the goddess, where they presented offerings of food. Such was Vesta's importance to Roman religion that hers was one of the last republican pagan cults still active following the rise of Christianity until it was forcibly disbanded by the Christian emperor Theodosius I in AD 391.

The myths depicting Vesta and her priestesses were few, and were limited to tales of miraculous impregnation by a phallus appearing in the flames of the hearth—the manifestation of the goddess. Vesta was among the Dii Consentes, twelve of the most honored gods in the Roman pantheon. She was the daughter of Saturn and Ops, and sister of Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Juno, and Ceres. Her Greek equivalent is Hestia.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Vesta: ae, f. Sanscr. root vas, to burn; vasaras, day; whence also Gr. Εστία.
I Another name for Ops, Cybele, Terra, the wife of Cœlus and mother of Saturn, Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 67; Ov. F. 6, 267.—
II 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.—
   B Poet., transf.
   1    The temple of Vesta: quo tempore Vesta Arsit Ov. F. 6, 437; cf. id. ib. 6, 234; 6, 713.—
   2    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.—
   B Substt.
   1    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.—
   2    Ve-stālĭa, ĭum, n., the festival of Vesta, Varr. L. L. 6, 3, 17.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Vesta,¹⁰ æ, f. ( Ἑστία), Vesta Ops, ou Cybèle, ou la Terre [femme de Cælus et mère de Saturne] : Cic. Nat. 2, 67 ; Ov. F. 6, 267 || Vesta [fille de Saturne et d’Ops, petite-fille de la précédente, déesse du feu] : Cic. Leg. 2, 29 ; Div. 1, 101 ; ad Vestæ [s.-ent. ædem ou templum Hor. S. 1, 9, 35, auprès du temple de Vesta [où les Vestales entretenaient le feu sacré] ; Vestæ sacerdos Ov. F. 5, 573, le grand pontife [en parl. de César] || [poét.] a) le temple de Vesta : Ov. F. 6, 437 ; b) le feu : Virg. G. 4, 384 || Vestālis, e, de Vesta : Vestalis virgo et abs^t Vestalis Cic. Leg. 2, 20 ; Liv. 1, 3, Vestale, prêtresse de Vesta || [d’où] Vestalis, e, de Vestale : Vestales oculi Ov. Tr. 2, 1, 311, yeux chastes.

Latin > German (Georges)

Vesta, ae, f. (Ἑστία), Tochter des Saturnus u. der Ops, die Göttin des Herdes u. Herdfeuers, dah. auch der Häuslichkeit u. des häuslichen Segens, Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 67; de legg. 2, 29. Verg. Aen. 5, 744. Macr. sat. 3, 4, 11: ad Vestae (sc. aedem), Hor. sat. 1, 9, 35: a Vestae (sc. aede), Cic. ep. 14, 2, 2. – In ihrem Tempel (dessen Gestalt rund war, dessen Wände in ältester Zeit bloß aus Flechtwerk bestanden u. dessen Dach mit Rohr, später mit korinthischer Bronze gedeckt war, s. Ov. fast. 6, 261 u. 281. Plin. 34, 13), brannte das heilige Feuer, Cic. Cat. 4, 18, dessen Verlöschen als das schlimmste Zeichen für den Staat angesehen wurde, Liv. 28, 11, 6: ihrem Dienste waren die vestalischen Jungfrauen geweiht, Liv. 5, 52, 14, über die der pontifex maximus die Aufsicht hatte; dah. Vestae sacerdos = pontifex maximus, von Cäsar, Ov. fast. 5, 573; met. 15, 778. – Weil, der Sage nach, Äneas ihren Dienst mit von Troja nach Italien gebracht haben soll, Vesta Iliaca gen., Ov. fast. 6, 227. – Später mit anderen mythischen Gottheiten, bes. mit der Terra (= Cybele, Rhea) identifiziert, Ov. fast. 6, 267. Serv. Verg. Aen. 2, 296. – Meton.: a) = Tempel der Vesta, Castor vicinus Vestae, Mart. 1, 70, 3: Vesta arsit, Ov. fast. 6, 437; vgl. 263. – b) der Herd, das Feuer, Verg. georg. 4, 384. Sil. 6, 76.

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