Ἑωσφόρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ἀωσφόρος (Aōsphóros) – Doric

Etymology

From ἕως (héōs, “dawn”) + φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.ɔːs.pʰó.ros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)ɛ.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/

Proper noun

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

(religion) Lucifer
- 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." (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!)
Morning Star, the planet Venus

Descendants

Greek: Εωσφόρος (Eosfóros)

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

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