Ἑωσφόρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀωσφόρος (Aōsphóros) — Doric

Etymology

From ἕως (héōs, “dawn”) +‎ -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearing, -carrying”, from φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry”)). Compare Φωσφόρος (Phōsphóros).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.ɔːs.pʰó.ros/ → /e.osˈɸo.ros/ → /e.osˈfo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.ɔːs.pʰó.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e.osˈpʰo.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.osˈɸo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.osˈfo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.osˈfo.ros/

• Hyphenation: Ἑ‧ωσ‧φό‧ρος

Proper noun

Ἑωσφόρος • (Heōsphóros) m (genitive Ἑωσφόρου); second declension

1. The personification of the Morning Star; the planet Venus
   • Ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα. Ἠσαΐας 14:12

     Πῶς ἐξέπεσεν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὁ Ἑωσφόρος ὁ πρωὶ ἀνατέλλων συνετρίβη εἰς τὴν γῆν ὁ ἀποστέλλων πρὸς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη.

     Pôs exépesen ek toû ouranoû ho Heōsphóros ho prōì anatéllōn sunetríbē eis tḕn gên ho apostéllōn pròs pánta tà éthnē.

     How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἑωσφόρος; τοῦ Ἑωσφόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἑωσφόρος ho Heōsphóros
Genitive	τοῦ Ἑωσφόρου toû Heōsphórou
Dative	τῷ Ἑωσφόρῳ tôi Heōsphórōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἑωσφόρον tòn Heōsphóron
Vocative	Ἑωσφόρε Heōsphóre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Εωσφόρος (Eosfóros)

See also

• Ἕσπερος (Hésperos)

References

• “Ἑωσφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἑωσφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers