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ἕσπερος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕσπερος ἕσπερος ἕσπερον

Structure: ἑσπερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or at evening
  2. (masculine substantive) evening
  3. (masculine substantive) the evening star, Venus (shortened form of ἕσπερος ἀστήρ ‎(hésperos astḗr))
  4. western

Examples

  • τότε δ’ ἕσπεροσ ἔκλαγεν οἰο͂ν ἄγρησ ἐξανιών, δονάκων ὕπο μοῦσαν ἀθύρων νήδυμον· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:4)
  • ἐπήλυθε δ’ αὐτίκ’ ἐρεμνὴ ἕσπεροσ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 20:35)
  • Ἀστὴρ πρὶν μὲν ἔλαμπεσ ἐνὶ ζῳοῖσιν Εᾧοσ, νῦν δὲ θανὼν λάμπεισ Ἕσπεροσ ἐν φθιμένοισ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 7)
  • καὶ διὰ τοῦτο πολλάκισ κρατίστη τῶν ἀρετῶν εἶναι δοκεῖ ἡ δικαιοσύνη, καὶ οὔθ’ ἕσπεροσ οὔθ’ ἑῷοσ οὕτω θαυμαστόσ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 5 15:2)
  • ἠοῦσ ἄγγελε, χαῖρε, Φαεσφόρε, καὶ ταχὺσ ἔλθοισ ἕσπεροσ, ἣν ἀπάγεισ, λάθριοσ αὖθισ ἄγων. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1141)

Synonyms

  1. of or at evening

  2. evening

  3. western

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