vestal
A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which…A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar; a vestal virgin.
» Rhea Silvia was a vestal virgin.
Rhea Silvia war Vestalin.
Значение
значений: 3A virgin consecrated to Vesta, and to the service of watching the sacred fire, which was to be perpetually kept burning upon her altar; a vestal virgin.
A female virgin; a woman who has never had sexual relations.
де́вственницаdévstvennica
A nun.
мона́хиняmonáxinja
- a chaste woman
Примеры
предложений: 2Rhea Silvia was a vestal virgin.
deRhea Silvia war Vestalin. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Vestal virgins had to make sure that the sacred fire of Vesta was never extinguished.
deDie vestalischen Jungfrauen hatten dafür zu sorgen, dass das heilige Feuer der Vesta niemals erlosch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Переводы
языков: 2По значениям 2
Происхождение
Learned borrowing from Latin Vestālis.Learned borrowing from Latin Vestālis.
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