meaning of vesta
1. One of the great divinities of the ancient Romans, identical with the Greek Hestia. She was a virgin, and the goddess of the hearth; hence, also, of the fire on it, and the family round it.
2. An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by Olbers in 1807.
3. A wax friction match.
4. the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered
Related Words
vesta | vestal | vestal virgin | vestales |
