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Hesperus

[ hes-per-uhs ]

noun

  1. an evening star, especially Venus.


Hesperus

/ ˈhɛspərəs /

noun

  1. an evening star, esp Venus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hesperus1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin, from the Greek adjective and noun hésperos “in or of the evening, the evening, evening star, western, the west”; akin to west, Latin vesper “evening” ( vesper )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Hesperus1

from Latin, from Greek Hesperos, from hesperos western
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Example Sentences

Consequently, confidence is felt in treating Pipistrellus hesperus and Pipistrellus subflavus as two distinct species.

Clearly, a critical study is needed of adequate material of Pipistrellus hesperus of Mexico.

Juno prized these apples highly, and gave them to the Hesperides, the daughters of Hesperus.

Once, in Job, it is rendered "Hesperus," the evening star; and in the other two instances it is given as "Orion."

A year has passed since the ill-fated Hesperus was burned in mid-ocean with such terrible loss of human life.

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