"ἑσπέρα" meaning in Ancient Greek

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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: {{l|ine-pro|*wek(ʷ)speros}} *wek(ʷ)speros, {{PIE word|grc|wek(ʷ)speros}} PIE word *wek(ʷ)speros, {{m|grc|ἑσπέρᾱ ὥρᾱ||time of evening}} ἑσπέρᾱ ὥρᾱ (hespérā hṓrā, “time of evening”), {{m|grc|ἕσπερος||of evening, western}} ἕσπερος (hésperos, “of evening, western”) 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: 97 3 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes 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 Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 87 13
  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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}

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