Ἑωσφόρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἀωσφόρος (Aōsphóros) — Doric

Etymology

From ἕως (héōs, “dawn”) +‎ -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearing, -carrying”), from φέρω (phérō, “to bear, to carry”). Compare Φωσφόρος (Phōsphóros).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.ɔːs.pʰó.ros/ → /e.osˈɸo.ros/ → /e.osˈfo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.ɔːs.pʰó.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e.osˈpʰo.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.osˈɸo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.osˈfo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.osˈfo.ros/

Proper noun

Ἑωσφόρος • (Heōsphóros) m (genitive Ἑωσφόρου); second declension

1. The personification of the Morning Star; the planet Venus
   • Ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν Ἑβδομήκοντα. Ἠσαΐας 14:12

     Πῶς ἐξέπεσεν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὁ Ἑωσφόρος ὁ πρωὶ ἀνατέλλων συνετρίβη εἰς τὴν γῆν ὁ ἀποστέλλων πρὸς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη.

     Pôs exépesen ek toû ouranoû ho Heōsphóros ho prōì anatéllōn sunetríbē eis tḕn gên ho apostéllōn pròs pánta tà éthnē.

     How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

Descendants

• Greek: Εωσφόρος (Eosfóros)

See also

• Ἕσπερος (Hésperos)

References

• “Ἑωσφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἑωσφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers