ἕσπερος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἕσπερον (v. sub fin.),<br><span class="bld">A</span> of or [[at evening]], [ἀστὴρ] ἕ. the [[evening]]-star, Il.22.318; opp.<b class="b3">ἑῷος ἀστήρ</b>,''AP''7.670 (Pl.); [[proverb|prov.]], οὔθ' ἕσπερος οὔθ' ἑῷος οὕτω θαυμαστός [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1129b28: as [[substantive]], without [[ἀστήρ]], E.''Ion'' 1149, Bion''Fr.''8.1; ἔσπερε πάντα φέρων ὄσα φαίνολις ἐσκέδασ' αὔως Sapph.95; especially of the planet Venus, Eratosth.''Cat.''43, Cic.''ND''2.20.53; also ἕ. σελάνας φάος Pi.''O.''10(11).73; <b class="b3">ἕ. θεός</b> the god [[of darkness]], i.e. Hades or death, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''178(lyr.); like [[ἑσπέριος]], joined with a Verb, ''h.Hom.''19.14; <b class="b3">ἕ. γίγνεται</b>, of the planet Venus, Ti.Locr.96e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> as [[substantive]], [[evening]], μέλας ἐπὶ ἕσπερος ἦλθε Od.1.423; <b class="b3">μένον δ' ἐπὶ ἕσπερον ἐλθεῖν</b> waited the coming on of [[evening]], 4.786; <b class="b3">ποτὶ ἕσπερον</b> at [[eventide]], Hes.''Op.''552: also heterocl. pl., ποτὶ ἕσπερα Od.17.191; ὑφ' ἕσπερα ''AP''5.304: fem., ἐρεμνὴ ἕσπερος A.R.4.1290: metaph. of age, <b class="b3">τί δ' ἕσπερός ἐστι γυναικῶν</b>; ''AP''5.232 (Maced.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[western]], τόποι [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''350; ἀγκῶνες [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''805; ὠκεανός D.P.63; [[ἕ]]. (''[[sc.]]'' [[γῆ]]) [[the west country]], ἀφ' ἑσπέρου Call.''Del.''174; πρὸς ἑσπέρου D.P.335; <b class="b3">ἑσπέρου κέρας</b>, promontory in Africa, Ptol.''Geog.''4.6.2: as adjective, ὁ Ἥλιος..-ον κύκλον διανύων Nech. ap. Vett.Val.154.29. (<b class="b3">ϝέσπ-</b>, cf. [[Ἑσπέριος]] fin.)