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                    "description": "(adj.Subst.) = Ἕσπερος: Hespĕrus or -os, i, m., =  (the evening; pure Lat., with the digamma, vesper; hence transf.)\n* The evening star, Hesperus; acc. to the myth, the son of Cephalus and Aurora; cf. Hyg. Astr. 2, 42; or, acc. to another myth, the son of Iapetus and Asia, and brother of Atlas; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 530, and 4, 484: infima est quinque errantium terraeque proxima stella Veneris, quae φωσφόρος Graece, Latine dicitur Lucifer, cum antegreditur solem, cum subsequitur autem Hesperos, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53: illam non veniens Aurora Cessantem vidit, non Hesperus,Ov. M. 5, 441; id. F. 2, 314; cf. id. ib. 5, 419: ite domum saturae, venit Hesperus, ite capellae,Verg. E. 10, 77.\n* Derivv.\n* Hespĕrĭus, a, um, adj., of or situated towards the west, western, Hesperian.\n* Adj.: corniger Hesperidum fluvius regnator aquarum (Tibris), i. e. Italian (cf. above), Verg. A. 8, 77. —Hence\n* Hespĕris, ĭdis, f., of evening or the west, western, Hesperian.\n* Subst.\n* Hespĕris, ĭdis, f., the queen's gilliflower, Hesperis tristis, Linn.: hesperis noctu magis olet, inde nomine invento,Plin. 21, 7, 18, § 39.\n* He-spĕrĭdes, um, f.\n* The Hesperides, daughters of Hesperus, or of Erebus and Nox, who, on an island beyond Mount Atlas, watched a garden with golden apples, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 6; Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Mel. 3, 1, 3; Hyg. Fab. praef.; Ov. M. 11, 114; Lucr. 5, 32: Hesperidum mala, poma,Verg. E. 6, 61; Stat. S. 3, 1, 158: Hesperidum serpens,Juv. 14, 114.\n* A group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, Mel. 3, 10, 3; called also: Hesperidum insulae,Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 201."
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                    "description": "Male Personal name\nConfirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:\n<ul>\n<li>Hesperus (Masc), ref: PIR H 0165 | <a href='https:\/\/pir.bbaw.de\/id\/6944'>PIR ID6944<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>"
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