"ἑσπέρα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἑσπέρα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hes.pé.raː/, /esˈpe.ra/, /esˈpe.ra/, /hes.pé.raː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /(h)esˈpe.ra/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /esˈpe.ra/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /esˈpe.ra/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /esˈpe.ra/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: PIE word *wek(ʷ)speros Ellipsis of ἑσπέρᾱ ὥρᾱ (hespérā hṓrā, “time of evening”), from ἕσπερος (hésperos, “of evening, western”). Etymology templates: {{PIE word|grc|wek(ʷ)speros}} PIE word *wek(ʷ)speros Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἑσπέρᾱ|ἑσπέρᾱς|f|first}} ἑσπέρᾱ • (hespérā) f (genitive ἑσπέρᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἑσπέρᾱ|ας}} Forms: ἑσπέρᾱ [canonical], hespérā [romanization], ἑσπέρᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ἑσπέρᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ ἑσπέρᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἑσπέραι [nominative, plural], τῆς ἑσπέρᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἑσπέραιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἑσπερῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἑσπέρᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἑσπέραιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἑσπέραις [dative, plural], τὴν ἑσπέρᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ ἑσπέρᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἑσπέρᾱς [accusative, plural], ἑσπέρᾱ [singular, vocative], ἑσπέρᾱ [dual, vocative], ἑσπέραι [plural, vocative]
  1. evening Categories (topical): Times of day
    Sense id: en-ἑσπέρα-grc-noun-5b0IAdEO Disambiguation of Times of day: 98 2 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. the west
    Sense id: en-ἑσπέρα-grc-noun-26Nj3gWJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ἐσπέρη (espérē) [Ionic]

Inflected forms

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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "εσπέρα"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: εσπέρα (espéra)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: εσπέρα (espéra)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-mar",
            "2": "спе́ра"
          },
          "expansion": "Mariupol Greek: спе́ра (spjéra)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mariupol Greek: спе́ра (spjéra)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tsd",
            "2": "επφέρζι"
          },
          "expansion": "Tsakonian: επφέρζι (epférzi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tsakonian: επφέρζι (epférzi)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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      },
      "expansion": "PIE word\n *wek(ʷ)speros",
      "name": "PIE word"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *wek(ʷ)speros\nEllipsis of ἑσπέρᾱ ὥρᾱ (hespérā hṓrā, “time of evening”), from ἕσπερος (hésperos, “of evening, western”).",
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      "form": "ἑσπέρᾱ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hespérā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἑσπέρᾱς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ἑσπέρᾱ",
      "roman": "hē hespérā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ἑσπέραι",
      "roman": "hai hespérai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ἑσπέρᾱς",
      "roman": "tês hespérās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἑσπέραιν",
      "roman": "toîn hespérain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἑσπερῶν",
      "roman": "tôn hesperôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ἑσπέρᾳ",
      "roman": "têi hespérāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἑσπέραιν",
      "roman": "toîn hespérain",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ἑσπέραις",
      "roman": "taîs hespérais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ἑσπέρᾱν",
      "roman": "tḕn hespérān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἑσπέρᾱ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ἑσπέρᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s hespérās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἑσπέρᾱ",
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      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἑσπέρᾱ",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "form": "ἑσπέραι",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "ἑσπέρᾱς",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ἑσπέρᾱ",
        "2": "ας"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
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          "_dis": "87 13",
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          "_dis": "93 7",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "orig": "grc:Times of day",
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            "Periodic occurrences",
            "Timekeeping",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "evening"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἑσπέρα-grc-noun-5b0IAdEO",
      "links": [
        [
          "evening",
          "evening"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "the west"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἑσπέρα-grc-noun-26Nj3gWJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "west",
          "west"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/hes.pé.raː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈpe.ra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈpe.ra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hes.pé.raː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)esˈpe.ra/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈpe.ra/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈpe.ra/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈpe.ra/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "espérē",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "ἐσπέρη"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἑσπέρα"
}
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    "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *wek(ʷ)speros",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Times of day"
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        }
      ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tsd",
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      "form": "ἑσπέρᾱ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "form": "ἑσπέρᾱς",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ἑσπέρᾱ",
      "roman": "hē hespérā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "τὼ ἑσπέρᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ hespérā",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ἑσπέραι",
      "roman": "hai hespérai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ἑσπέρᾱς",
      "roman": "tês hespérās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἑσπέραιν",
      "roman": "toîn hespérain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ἑσπερῶν",
      "roman": "tôn hesperôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ἑσπέρᾳ",
      "roman": "têi hespérāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ἑσπέραιν",
      "roman": "toîn hespérain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ἑσπέραις",
      "roman": "taîs hespérais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ἑσπέρᾱν",
      "roman": "tḕn hespérān",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ἑσπέρᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ hespérā",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ἑσπέρᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s hespérās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ἑσπέρᾱ",
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      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἑσπέρᾱ",
      "roman": "hespérā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἑσπέραι",
      "roman": "hespérai",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "4": "first"
      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "evening"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "evening",
          "evening"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the west"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "west",
          "west"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hes.pé.raː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈpe.ra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈpe.ra/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hes.pé.raː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)esˈpe.ra/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈpe.ra/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈpe.ra/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/esˈpe.ra/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "espérē",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "ἐσπέρη"
    }
  ],
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}

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