Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλέσπερος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλέσπερος φιλέσπερον

Structure: φιλεσπερ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. fond of evening

Examples

  • αὐτόματοι δὲ φέροιεν ἰόν, τὸ φιλέσπερον ἄνθοσ, κῆποι, καὶ μαλακῇ μύρτα τρέφοιτο δρόσῳ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 31 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. fond of evening

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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