Ἑωσφόρος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἀωσφόρος (Aōsphóros) — Doric
Etymology
From ἕως (héōs, “dawn”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearing, -carrying”, from φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry”)). Compare Φωσφόρος (Phōsphóros).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /he.ɔːs.pʰó.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e.osˈpʰo.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.osˈɸo.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.osˈfo.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.osˈfo.ros/
- Hyphenation: Ἑ‧ωσ‧φό‧ρος
Proper noun
Ἑωσφόρος • (Heōsphóros) m (genitive Ἑωσφόρου); second declension
- The personification of the Morning Star; the planet Venus
- Ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα. Ἠσαΐας 14:12
- Πῶς ἐξέπεσεν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὁ Ἑωσφόρος ὁ πρωὶ ἀνατέλλων συνετρίβη εἰς τὴν γῆν ὁ ἀποστέλλων πρὸς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη.
- Pôs exépesen ek toû ouranoû ho Heōsphóros ho prōì anatéllōn sunetríbē eis tḕn gên ho apostéllōn pròs pánta tà éthnē.
- How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
- Ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα. Ἠσαΐας 14:12
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἑωσφόρος ho Heōsphóros | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἑωσφόρου toû Heōsphórou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἑωσφόρῳ tôi Heōsphórōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἑωσφόρον tòn Heōsphóron | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἑωσφόρε Heōsphóre | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Εωσφόρος (Eosfóros)
See also
- Ἕσπερος (Hésperos)
References
- “Ἑωσφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ἑωσφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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