‖ Hesperus
(ˈhɛspərəs)
[L. hesperus, a. Gr. ἕσπερος adj. of the evening, western; n. the evening star.]
The evening star.
| c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. i. metr. v. 22 (Camb. MS.) Þe eue sterre hesperus. c 1470 Henryson Tale of Dog 28 Quhen Hesperus to schaw his face began. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 51 The Sonne is gone to rest, and Hesperus do shewe in the West verie bright. 1667 Milton P.L. ix. 49 The Sun was sunk, and after him the Star Of Hesperus, whose Office is to bring Twilight upon the Earth. 1813 Shelley Q. Mab i. 259 Some shed a mild and silver beam Like Hesperus o'er the western sea. |