ἕσπερος

See also Ἕσπερος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From *ϝέσπερος, from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos. Cognates include Latin vesper, Old Armenian գիշեր (gišer) and Old Church Slavonic вєчєръ (večerŭ).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hésperos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hɛ́spɛros/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ésperos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ésperos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /éspeɾos/

Adjective

ἕσπερος m, ἕσπερος f, ἕσπερον n; second declension; (hesperos)

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

Inflection

    Second declension of ἕσπερος, ἕσπερον

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἕσπερος	ἕσπερον		ἑσπέρω	ἑσπέρω		ἕσπεροι	ἕσπερα
Genitive	ἑσπέρου	ἑσπέρου		ἑσπέροιν	ἑσπέροιν		ἑσπέρων	ἑσπέρων
Dative	ἑσπέρῳ	ἑσπέρῳ		ἑσπέροιν	ἑσπέροιν		ἑσπέροις	ἑσπέροις
Accusative	ἕσπερον	ἕσπερον		ἑσπέρω	ἑσπέρω		ἑσπέρους	ἕσπερα
Vocative	ἕσπερε	ἕσπερον		ἑσπέρω	ἑσπέρω		ἕσπεροι	ἕσπερα

Derived terms

• ἑσπέρα (hespera)
• ἕσπερος θέος (hesperos theos)

References

• LSJ