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Vestalis

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Translingual

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Vestalis gracilis

Etymology

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From Latin.

Proper noun

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Vestalis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Calopterygidae – certain of the demoiselles.

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Vestālis (neuter Vestāle); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to Vesta, goddess of hearth and home.
  2. vestal

Declension

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Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative Vestālis Vestāle Vestālēs Vestālia
genitive Vestālis Vestālium
dative Vestālī Vestālibus
accusative Vestālem Vestāle Vestālēs
Vestālīs
Vestālia
ablative Vestālī Vestālibus
vocative Vestālis Vestāle Vestālēs Vestālia

Noun

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Vestālis f sg (genitive Vestālis); third declension

  1. A priestess of Vesta; a vestal virgin

Declension

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Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

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References

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  • Vestalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers