Ἑσπερίς
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ἕσπερος (Hésperos, “Hesperus”) + -ῐς (-is).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hes.pe.rís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)es.peˈris/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /es.peˈris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /es.peˈris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /es.peˈris/
Proper noun
Ἑσπερῐ́ς • (Hesperís) f (genitive Ἑσπερῐ́δος); third declension
- one of the Hesperides; a Hesperid
- A city in Cyrenaica, Libya, also called Εὐεσπερίδες (Euesperídes), relocated and renamed in the mid of the 3rd century BCE to Βερενίκη (Bereníkē), now known as Benghazi
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Ἑσπερῐ́ς hē Hesperís |
τὼ Ἑσπερῐ́δε tṑ Hesperíde |
αἱ Ἑσπερῐ́δες hai Hesperídes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ἑσπερῐ́δος tês Hesperídos |
τοῖν Ἑσπερῐ́δοιν toîn Hesperídoin |
τῶν Ἑσπερῐ́δων tôn Hesperídōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ἑσπερῐ́δῐ têi Hesperídi |
τοῖν Ἑσπερῐ́δοιν toîn Hesperídoin |
ταῖς Ἑσπερῐ́σῐ / Ἑσπερῐ́σῐν taîs Hesperísi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ἑσπερῐ́δᾰ tḕn Hesperída |
τὼ Ἑσπερῐ́δε tṑ Hesperíde |
τᾱ̀ς Ἑσπερῐ́δᾰς tā̀s Hesperídas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἑσπερῐ́ς Hesperís |
Ἑσπερῐ́δε Hesperíde |
Ἑσπερῐ́δες Hesperídes | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- Ἑσπερία f (Hespería)
Descendants
References
- “Ἑσπερίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
- “Ἑσπερίς” at Trismegistos (TM Geo 831)
History of Benghazi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
