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/

Proper noun

Hesperus

1. The planet Venus when observed as an evening star.

Synonyms

• Vesper, Venus

Antonyms

• Phosphorus

Derived terms

• Hesperian
• Hesperides

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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhes.pe.rus/, [ˈhɛs̠pɛrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.pe.rus/, [ˈɛsperus]

Proper noun

Hesperus m sg (genitive Hesperī); second declension

1. the evening star

   Synonym: vesper

2. a mythological character, son of Aurora

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Hesperus	Hesperī
genitive	Hesperī	Hesperōrum
dative	Hesperō	Hesperīs
accusative	Hesperum	Hesperōs
ablative	Hesperō	Hesperīs
vocative	Hespere	Hesperī

Derived terms

• Hesperius
• Hesperia
• Hesperis

Related terms

• Hesperides
• hesperus

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.