Hesperius

== Latin == === Etymology === From Hesperus (“the evening star”) +‎ -ius (adjective forming suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛsˈpɛ.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [esˈpɛː.ri.us] === Adjective === Hesperius (feminine Hesperia, neuter Hesperium); first/second-declension adjective western, occidental Italian pertaining to Hesperus ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== Hesperia (“Italia”) Hesperis (“western”) Hesperus (“the evening star”) Hesperides vesper === References === “Hesperius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Hesperius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “Hesperius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.