Vesta

/ˈvɛstə/

Synonyms for "vesta" (84 found)

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Noun(3 words)
goddess of the hearthhearth goddesshousehold goddess

Related words (42)

junojupiterjupiter fidiusjupiter fulgurjupiter optimus maximusjupiter pluviusjupiter tonanskorekronoslares and penatesmagna matermarsmatchmercuryminervamithrasmomusneptunenikeolympians
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Noun(3 words)
roman hearth deitythe asteroid vestavesta asteroid

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More general

5 entries
Roman goddessastronomical objectcelestial bodydeitymythological figure

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3 entries
V-type asteroidhearth goddesshousehold goddess

Collocations

6 entries
Dawn missionV-type asteroidVesta surfaceasteroid Vestabasaltic crustmain belt asteroid

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

NASA has launched a probe called Dawn, whose mission is to travel to the asteroid belt. It will first travel to observe the asteroid Vesta. After collecting data from Vesta, Dawn will intercept with Ceres where it will observe its surface features and collect data about its chemical composition.

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The Dawn spacecraft will first visit Vesta in 2011. After orbiting Vesta for nine months, Dawn then will travel to Ceres, arriving in 2015.

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"Then wars shall cease and savage times grow mild, / and Remus and Quirinus, brethren twain, / with hoary Faith and Vesta undefiled, / shall give the law. With iron bolt and chain / firm-closed the gates of Janus shall remain. / Within, the Fiend of Discord, high reclined / on horrid arms, unheeded in the fane, / bound with a hundred brazen knots behind, / and grim with gory jaws, his grisly teeth shall grind."

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Vestal virgins had to make sure that the sacred fire of Vesta was never extinguished.

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