Vestalis

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin. === Proper noun === Vestalis f A taxonomic genus within the family Calopterygidae – certain of the demoiselles. ==== Hypernyms ==== (subfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Palaeoptera – infraclass; Odonata – order; Zygoptera – suborder; Calopterygoidea – superfamily; Calopterygidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Vestalis amabilis, Vestalis amaryllis, Vestalis amethystina, Vestalis amnicola, Vestalis amoena, Vestalis anacolosa, Vestalis anne, Vestalis apicalis, Vestalis atropha, Vestalis beryllae, Vestalis gracilis, Vestalis luctuosa, Vestalis lugens, Vestalis melania, Vestalis miao, Vestalis smaragdina, Vestalis yunosukei (species) === References === Vestalis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Vestalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Vestalis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛsˈtaː.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vesˈtaː.lis] === Adjective === Vestālis (neuter Vestāle); third-declension two-termination adjective Of or pertaining to Vesta, goddess of hearth and home. vestal ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. === Noun === Vestālis f sg (genitive Vestālis); third declension A priestess of Vesta; a vestal virgin ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only. === Related terms === Vesta Vestālia === References === “Vestalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers