Masculine
Hesperus
- (declension-2, masculine, singular) the evening star
- (declension-2, masculine, singular) a mythological character, son of Aurora
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈhɛs.pɛ.rʊs]
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “pertaining to the evening, western”), from Proto-Hellenic *wésperos, from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros. Cognates include Old Armenian գիշեր (gišer) and Old Church Slavonic вєчєръ (večerŭ). Compare it's direct Latin cognate vesper.
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