Ancient Greek

Proper noun

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

1. Hesperus

Inflection

Derived terms

• Ἑσπερίς ‎(Hesperís)

Descendants

• Greek: Έσπερος ‎(Ésperos)
• Latin: Hesperus

References

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

Ancient Greek

Adjective

ἕσπερος • ‎(hésperos) m, f ‎(neuter ἕσπερον); second declension

1. of or at evening
2. (masculine substantive) evening
3. (masculine substantive) the evening star, Venus (shortened form of ἕσπερος ἀστήρ ‎(hésperos astḗr))
4. western

Inflection

Derived terms

• ἑσπέρα ‎(hespéra)
• ἕσπερος θέος ‎(hésperos théos)

References

• ἕσπερος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἕσπερος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἕσπερος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἕσπερος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἕσπερος» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἕσπερος in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • evening idem, page 285.
  • Hesperus idem, page 1013.
  • western idem, page 974.