vestam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Vesta, Vestae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis (Elementary)
- Field:
- Religion
Vesta; (goddess of flocks/herds and of hearth/household); (child of Saturn+Ops);
acc. sg.
Examples
Satura IV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...suberant, ubi quamquam diruta seruat ignem Troianum et Vestam colit Alba minorem, obstitit intranti miratrix turba parumper..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...quae flumina servant. Ter liquido ardentem perfundit nectare Vestam, ter flamma ad summum tecti subiecta reluxit. Omine..."Liber IV
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...pontifices qui defodiendam necandamque curarent. Illa nunc ad Vestam, nunc ad ceteros deos manus tendens, multa..."