| slovo | definícia |
vesta
(msas) | vesta
- vest |
vesta
(msasasci) | vesta
- vest |
vesta
(czen) | vesta,jerkinn: Zdeněk Brož |
vesta
(czen) | vesta,vestn: [amer.] Pino |
vesta
(czen) | vesta,waistcoatn: Zdeněk Brož |
Vesta
(gcide) | Vesta \Ves"ta\ (v[e^]s"t[.a]), n. [L. Vesta, akin to Gr. "Esti`a
Vesta, "esti`a the hearth of the house, and perhaps to Skr.
ush to burn (see East), or perhaps to Skr. vas to dwell, and
E. was.]
1. (Rom. Myth.) 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.
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2. (Astron.) An asteroid, or minor planet, discovered by
Olbers in 1807.
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3. A wax friction match. --Simmonds.
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vesta
(wn) | Vesta
n 1: (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose
flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek
Hestia
2: the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered |
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avestan
(mass) | Avestan
- avestanský, Avestan, avestančina |
avestan
(msas) | Avestan
- Avestan |
avestanský
(msas) | avestanský
- Avestan |
avestančina
(msas) | avestančina
- Avestan |
nevesta
(msas) | nevesta
- bride, daughter-in-law |
vesta
(msas) | vesta
- vest |
avestan
(msasasci) | Avestan
- Avestan |
avestancina
(msasasci) | avestancina
- Avestan |
avestansky
(msasasci) | avestansky
- Avestan |
nevesta
(msasasci) | nevesta
- bride, daughter-in-law |
vesta
(msasasci) | vesta
- vest |
vestal
(encz) | vestal,cudná žena n: Zdeněk Brožvestal,panenský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
vestal virgin
(encz) | vestal virgin,panna n: Zdeněk Brož |
pletená vesta
(czen) | pletená vesta,cardigan Jiří Šmoldas |
plovací vesta
(czen) | plovací vesta,air jacket Zdeněk Brožplovací vesta,air-jacket Zdeněk Brožplovací vesta,life preservern: Zdeněk Brožplovací vesta,life-preservern: Zdeněk Brož |
vesta
(czen) | vesta,jerkinn: Zdeněk Brožvesta,vestn: [amer.] Pinovesta,waistcoatn: Zdeněk Brož |
vestavěný
(czen) | vestavěný,built-in Pavel Machek; Gizavestavěný,embeddedadj: Pajoshvestavěný,inbuiltadj: Zdeněk Brožvestavěný,predeclaredadj: Zdeněk Brož |
vestavěný nábytek
(czen) | vestavěný nábytek,fitment Zdeněk Brož |
vestavět
(czen) | vestavět,build inv: Zdeněk Brožvestavět,fitv: Zdeněk Brož |
záchranná vesta
(czen) | záchranná vesta,life jacket Ritchiezáchranná vesta,life preservern: Zdeněk Brožzáchranná vesta,life vestn: Zdeněk Brož |
Avesta
(gcide) | Avesta \A*ves"ta\, n.
The Zoroastrian scriptures; the sacred text of
Zoroastrianism. See Zend-Avesta.
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Avestan
(gcide) | Avestan \A*ves"tan\, a.
Of or pertaining to the Avesta or the language of the Avesta.
-- n. The language of the Avesta (an ancient Iranian
language); -- less properly called Zend.
Syn: Zend
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Vestal
(gcide) | Vestal \Ves"tal\, a. [L. Vestalis belonging to Vesta, vestal.
See Vesta.]
Of or pertaining to Vesta, the virgin goddess of the hearth;
hence, pure; chaste.
[1913 Webster]Vestal \Ves"tal\, n. [L. Vestalis (sc. virgo): cf. F. vestale.
See Vestal, a.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the
service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be
perpetually kept burning upon her altar.
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Note: The Vestals were originally four, but afterward six, in
number. Their term of service lasted thirty years, the
period of admission being from the sixth to the tenth
year of the candidate's age.
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2. A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun.
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How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! --Pope.
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Vestales
(gcide) | Vestales \Ves*ta"les\, n. pl. [NL. See Vestal.] (Zool.)
A group of butterflies including those known as virgins, or
gossamer-winged butterflies.
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Zend-Avesta
(gcide) | Zend-Avesta \Zend`-A*ves"ta\, n. [Properly, the Avesta, or
sacred text, and its zend, or interpretation, in a more
modern and intelligible language. --W. D. Whitney.]
The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion,
attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.
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avesta
(wn) | Avesta
n 1: a collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th
or 6th centuries [syn: Avesta, Zend-Avesta] |
avestan
(wn) | Avestan
adj 1: of or pertaining to the Avesta (sacred text of
Zoroastrianism)
n 1: an ancient Iranian language [syn: Avestan, Zend]
2: the script in which the ancient Persian language of the
Avesta is written |
vesta
(wn) | Vesta
n 1: (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose
flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek
Hestia
2: the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered |
vestal
(wn) | vestal
adj 1: of or relating to Vesta; "vestal virgin"
2: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a
spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women
must be pure and virginal" [syn: pure, vestal, virgin,
virginal, virtuous]
n 1: a chaste woman |
vestal virgin
(wn) | vestal virgin
n 1: (Roman mythology) one of the virgin priestesses consecrated
to the Roman goddess Vesta and to maintaining the sacred
fire in her temple |
zend-avesta
(wn) | Zend-Avesta
n 1: a collection of Zoroastrian texts gathered during the 4th
or 6th centuries [syn: Avesta, Zend-Avesta] |
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