Hesperus

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Ἕσπερος, ὁ.

Latin > English

Hesperus Hesperi N M :: evening-star

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Hespĕrus: or -os, i, m., = Ἕσπερος (the evening; pure Lat., with the digamma, vesper; hence transf.),
I the evening star, Hesperus; acc. to the myth, the son of Cephalus and Aurora; cf. Hyg. Astr. 2, 42; or, acc. to another myth, the son of Iapetus and Asia, and brother of Atlas; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 530, and 4, 484: infima est quinque errantium terraeque proxima stella Veneris, quae φωσφόρος Graece, Latine dicitur Lucifer, cum antegreditur solem, cum subsequitur autem Hesperos, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53: illam non veniens Aurora Cessantem vidit, non Hesperus, Ov. M. 5, 441; id. F. 2, 314; cf. id. ib. 5, 419: ite domum saturae, venit Hesperus, ite capellae, Verg. E. 10, 77.—
II Derivv.
   A Hespĕrĭus, a, um, adj., of or situated towards the west, western, Hesperian.
   1    Adj.: Hesperium fretum, the western ocean, Ov. M. 11, 258: litus, id. ib. 2, 142: undae, Hor. C. 2, 17, 20: axis, Ov. M. 4, 214; cf.: constitit Hesperio, regnis Atlantis, in orbe, id. ib. 4, 628: imperi Porrecta majestas ad ortus Solis ab Hesperio cubili, Hor. C. 4, 15, 16: rex, i. e. Atlas or Hesperus, Ov. de Nuce, 111: Hesperios amnes, Rhenum Rhodanumque Padumque, etc., western, id. M. 2, 258: et terram Hesperiam venies, the land of the west, i. e. Italy (because situated to the west of the Trojans), Verg. A. 2, 781; cf. in the foll. 2.; so of Italy: Latium, id. ib. 7, 601: fluctus, Hor. C. 1, 28, 26: ruina, id. ib. 2, 1, 32: duces, Luc. 5, 703.—Hence,
   2    Subst.: Hespĕria, ae, f. (sc. terra), the land of the west, Hesperia; poet. for Italy or Spain: est locus, Hesperiam quam mortales perhibebant, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 23 Vahl.); imitated by Vergil: est locus, Hesperiam Grai cognomine dicunt, Verg. A. 1, 530; so of Italy, Hor. C. 3, 6, 8; 4, 5, 38; Luc. 1, 224 al.: qui nunc Hesperia sospes ab ultima, etc., i. e. Spain, Hor. C. 1, 36, 4.—
   B Hespĕris, ĭdis, f., of evening or the west, western, Hesperian.
I Adj.: corniger Hesperidum fluvius regnator aquarum (Tibris), i. e. Italian (cf. above), Verg. A. 8, 77. —Hence,
   2    Subst.
   a Hespĕris, ĭdis, f., the queen's gilliflower, Hesperis tristis, Linn.: hesperis noctu magis olet, inde nomine invento, Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39.—
   b He-spĕrĭdes, um, f.
   (a)    The Hesperides, daughters of Hesperus, or of Erebus and Nox, who, on an island beyond Mount Atlas, watched a garden with golden apples, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6; Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Mel. 3, 1, 3; Hyg. Fab. praef.; Ov. M. 11, 114; Lucr. 5, 32: Hesperidum mala, poma, Verg. E. 6, 61; Stat. S. 3, 1, 158: Hesperidum serpens, Juv. 14, 114.—
   (b)    A group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, Mel. 3, 10, 3; called also: Hesperidum insulae, Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 201.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Hespĕrus¹² (-ŏs), ī, m. (Ἕσπερος), fils de l’Aurore et d’Atlas, changé en une étoile : Ov. M. 5, 441 || étoile du soir : Cic. Nat. 2, 53.

Latin > German (Georges)

Hesperus od. -os, ī, m. (εσπερος), der Abendstern, Varro, Cic. u.a.: dux noctis Hesperus, Sen. Med. 886 P.: stella Lucifer (Morgenstern) interdiu, noctu Hesperus ita circumeunt ad infimum hemisphaerium ac moventur, ut indicent quot sint horae, Varro r. r. 3, 5, 17. – Plin. 18, 215 jetzt mit den besten Hdschrn. ad vesperam iacentes terrae.

Wikipedia EN

In Greek mythology, Hesperus (/ˈhɛspərəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἕσπερος, romanized: Hésperos) is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. A son of the dawn goddess Eos (Roman Aurora), he is the half-brother of her other son, Phosphorus (also called Eosphorus; the "Morning Star"). Hesperus' Roman equivalent is Vesper (cf. "evening", "supper", "evening star", "west"). By one account, Hesperus' father was Cephalus, a mortal, while Phosphorus was the star god Astraeus. Other sources, however, state that Hesperus was the brother of Atlas, and thus the son of Iapetus.