Vesta

Vesta
Vesta, ae, f. [Sanscr. root vas, to burn; vasaras, day; whence also Gr. Estia].
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 [p. 1981] 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.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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