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
Third declension of ἡ Ἑσπερῐ́ς; τῆς Ἑσπερῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Ἑσπερῐ́ς
hē Hesperís		 τὼ Ἑσπερῐ́δε
tṑ Hesperíde		 αἱ Ἑσπερῐ́δες
hai Hesperídes
Genitive τῆς Ἑσπερῐ́δος
tês Hesperídos		 τοῖν Ἑσπερῐ́δοιν
toîn Hesperídoin		 τῶν Ἑσπερῐ́δων
tôn Hesperídōn
Dative τῇ Ἑσπερῐ́δῐ
têi Hesperídi		 τοῖν Ἑσπερῐ́δοιν
toîn Hesperídoin		 ταῖς Ἑσπερῐ́σῐ / Ἑσπερῐ́σῐν
taîs Hesperísi(n)
Accusative τὴν Ἑσπερῐ́δᾰ
tḕn Hesperída		 τὼ Ἑσπερῐ́δε
tṑ Hesperíde		 τᾱ̀ς Ἑσπερῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s Hesperídas
Vocative Ἑσπερῐ́ς
Hesperís		 Ἑσπερῐ́δε
Hesperíde		 Ἑσπερῐ́δες
Hesperídes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

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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