Ἑσπερίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἕσπερος (Hésperos, Hesperus) + -ῐς (-is).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἑσπερῐ́ς (Hesperís) f (genitive Ἑσπερῐ́δος); third declension

  1. one of the Hesperides; a Hesperid

Inflection

Descendants

  • English: Hesperid
  • Greek: Εσπερίς (Esperís)
  • Latin: Hesperis

References

  • Ἑσπερίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
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