Hesperus

[ hes-per-uhs ]

noun
  1. an evening star, especially Venus.

Origin of Hesperus

1
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” (see vesper)

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Hesperus

/ (ˈhɛspərəs) /


noun
  1. an evening star, esp Venus

Origin of Hesperus

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from Latin, from Greek Hesperos, from hesperos western

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