Hesperus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Hesperus, from Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “pertaining to the evening, western”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛspəɹəs/ === Proper noun === Hesperus The planet Venus when observed as an evening star. Synonyms: Vesper, evenstar Near-synonyms: Phosphorus, Eosphorus, Lucifer, morning star, Venus ==== Derived terms ==== Hesperian Hesperides == 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): [ˈhɛs.pɛ.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛs.pe.rus] === Proper noun === Hesperus m sg (genitive Hesperī); second declension the evening star Synonyms: vesper, stēlla vespertīna a mythological character, son of Aurora ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== Hesperius Hesperia Hesperis ==== Related terms ==== Hesperides hesperus === 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.