evening + star Venus 8 realizations MACROAREA: Eurasia
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Ancient Greek
lexeme ἕσπερος
meaning 1 evening
direction
meaning 2 the evening star, Venus
reference LSJ
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shortened form of ἕσπερος ἀστήρ

NEW Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Latin
lexeme vesper
meaning 1 evening
direction
meaning 2 the evening star, Venus
reference Lewis, Short
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NEW Realization 3
type Derivation
language Old English
lexeme 1 ǣfen + steorra
lexeme 2 ǣfensteorra
meaning 1 evening + star
direction
meaning 2 the evening star, i.e. Venus as seen in the early evening

Sēo niht hæfþ seofon dǣlas […] Ōðer is wesperum, þæt is ǣfen, þonne sē ǣfensteorra betweox þǣre repsunge ætīewþ

Bede, Leechdoms, III, 242


The night has seven parts […] Second is vesperum (i.e., evening), when the evening star appears amid the interval […]

reference Bosworth, Toller
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Middle English: euensterre
English: evenstar

NEW Realization 4
type Derivation
language Old High German
lexeme 1 ābant + sterno
lexeme 2 ābantsterno
meaning 1 evening + star
direction
meaning 2 the evening star, i.e. Venus as seen in the early evening
reference OED
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NEW Realization 5
type Derivation
language Old Norse
lexeme 1 aptan + stjarna
lexeme 2 aptanstjarna
meaning 1 evening + star
direction
meaning 2 the evening star, i.e. Venus as seen in the early evening
reference OED
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NEW Realization 6
type Derivation
language Old Saxon
lexeme 1 aƀand, aband + sterro
lexeme 2 āƀandsterro, āvandsterro
meaning 1 evening + star
direction
meaning 2 the evening star, i.e. Venus as seen in the early evening
reference OED
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NEW Realization 7
type Derivation
language Vietnamese
lexeme 1 hôm + sao
lexeme 2 sao Hôm
meaning 1 evening + star
direction
meaning 2 The planet Venus as seen in the western sky in the evening
reference SEAlang Vietnamese English Wiktionary
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NEW Realization 8
type Derivation
language Wu Chinese
lexeme 1 6waon-huen (黃昏) + 1shin (星)
lexeme 2 6waon-huen-shin (黃昏星)
meaning 1 nightfall; dusk; evening + star
direction
meaning 2 (Shanghainese) Venus
reference English Wiktionary
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