Hesperus
See also: hesperus
English
Anton Raphael Mengs, Hesperus als Personifikation des Abends (Hesperus as the embodiment of the evening) (1765)
Etymology
From Latin Hesperus, from Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “pertaining to the evening, western”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛspəɹəs/
Antonyms
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “pertaining to the evening, western”), from Proto-Hellenic *wésperos, from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros. Cognates include Old Armenian գիշեր (gišer) and Old Church Slavonic вєчєръ (večerŭ). Compare it's direct Latin cognate vesper.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhes.pe.rus/, [ˈhɛs̠pɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈes.pe.rus/, [ˈɛsperus]
Proper noun
Hesperus m sg (genitive Hesperī); second declension
- the evening star
- Synonym: vesper
- a mythological character, son of Aurora
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Hesperus | Hesperī |
| Genitive | Hesperī | Hesperōrum |
| Dative | Hesperō | Hesperīs |
| Accusative | Hesperum | Hesperōs |
| Ablative | Hesperō | Hesperīs |
| Vocative | Hespere | Hesperī |
Related terms
References
- “Hesperus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Hesperus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Hesperus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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