Vesta

(ves)

noun

  1. Rom. Myth. the goddess of the hearth, identified with the Greek Hestia
  2. Historical, Brit. a short wooden or wax match

Origin: L, prob. akin to Gr Hestia, lit., hearth

See Vesta in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Roman Mythology The goddess of the hearth, worshiped in a temple containing the sacred fire tended by the vestal virgins.
  2. The brightest of all the asteroids and the fourth to be discovered.

Origin:

Origin: Latin; see wes-1 in Indo-European roots

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