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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

  • ἀν’ ὑγρὸν ἀμπταίην αἰθέρα πόρσω γαί‐ ασ Ἑλλανίασ, ἀστέρασ ἑσπέρουσ, οἱο͂ν οἱο͂ν ἄλγοσ ἔπαθον, φίλαι. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic 1:19)
  • οὐ δῆτ’ ἐπεί με καὶ κασιγνήτου τύχαι τείρουσ’ Ἄτλαντοσ, ὃσ πρὸσ ἑσπέρουσ τόπουσ ἕστηκε κίον’ οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ χθονὸσ ὤμοισ ἐρείδων, ἄχθοσ οὐκ εὐάγκαλον. (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, episode, anapests 3:7)
  • οἲ ’γώ, φίλοι, πρόστητ’ ἀναγκαίασ τύχησ, καὶ σπεύσαθ’, οἱ μὲν Τεῦκρον ἐν τάχει μολεῖν, οἱ δ’ ἑσπέρουσ ἀγκῶνασ, οἱ δ’ ἀντηλίουσ ζητεῖτ’ ἰόντεσ τἀνδρὸσ ἔξοδον κακήν. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 2:15)

Synonyms

  1. of or at evening

  2. evening

  3. western

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