Ἕσπερος

See also: ἕσπερος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕσπερος (hésperos, “western; the evening star”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hés.pe.ros/ → /ˈes.pe.ros/ → /ˈes.pe.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hés.pe.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)es.pe.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈes.pe.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈes.pe.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈes.pe.ros/

• Hyphenation: Ἕσ‧πε‧ρος

Proper noun

Ἕσπερος • (Hésperos) m (genitive Ἑσπέρου); second declension

1. Hesperus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἕσπερος; τοῦ Ἑσπέρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἕσπερος ho Hésperos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἑσπέρου toû Hespérou
Dative	τῷ Ἑσπέρῳ tôi Hespérōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἕσπερον tòn Hésperon
Vocative	Ἕσπερε Héspere
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἑσπερίς (Hesperís)

Descendants

• Greek: Έσπερος (Ésperos)
• Latin: Hesperus

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013