HESPERUS Definition & Meaning

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Hesperus

[ hes-per-uhs ]

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noun

an evening star, especially Venus.

Hesperus

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noun

an evening star, esp Venus

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Origin of Hesperus¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin, from the Greek adjective and noun ��é��ǲ� “in or of the evening, the evening, evening star, western, the west”; akin to west, Latin vesper “evening” ( vesper )

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Origin of Hesperus¹

from Latin, from Greek Hesperos, from hesperos western

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Then Frank Wild tapped the embers from his pipe and stood up to recite “The Wreck of the Hesperus,” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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“If you’re meeting new clients for the first time on Zoom, you don’t want to look like the wreck of the Hesperus.”

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About a year after the announcement, the company's subsidiary, GCC Energy, received "quick approval" to expand operations in the King II coal mine near Hesperus, Colo., The Durango Herald reported.

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Highway 160 between Hesperus and Mancos because of the fire but reopened it Monday evening.

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Highway 160 between Hesperus and Mancos because of the fire, with no estimated time for the roadway to reopen.

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