ἕσπερος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros

From Proto-Hellenic *wésperos, from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (evening). Cognates include Latin vesper, Old Armenian գիշեր (gišer), and Old Church Slavonic вєчєръ (večerŭ).[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • Hyphenation: ἕσ‧πε‧ρος

Adjective

ἕσπερος (hésperosm or f (neuter ἕσπερον); second declension

  1. of or at evening
  2. western

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Albanian: dhespër (or from Latin vesper)

Noun

ἕσπερος (hésperosm (genitive ἑσπέρου); second declension

  1. evening
  2. the evening star, Venus (shortened form of ἕσπερος ἀστήρ (hésperos astḗr))

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἕσπερος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 470-1

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