Hesperus
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Anton Raphael Mengs, Hesperus als Personifikation des Abends (Hesperus as the embodiment of the evening) (1765)
See also: hesperus
English
Etymology
From Latin Hesperus, from Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “pertaining to the evening, western”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hesperus
- The planet Venus when observed as an evening star.
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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/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈes.pe.rus/,
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 |
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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.