Hesperus

From Latin Hesperus, from Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “pertaining to the evening, western”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛspəɹəs/

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Hesperus

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

   Synonyms: Vesper, evenstar

   Near-synonyms: Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, morning star, Venus

• Hesperian
• Hesperides

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.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛs.pɛ.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛs.pe.rus]

Hesperus m sg (genitive Hesperī); second declension

1. the evening star

   Synonyms: vesper, stēlla vespertīna

2. a mythological character, son of Aurora

Second-declension noun.

• Hesperius
• Hesperia
• Hesperis

• Hesperides
• hesperus

• “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.