Ἑσπερ-ίς,ίδος, pecul. fem. ofἑσπέριος,
A. western,
ἅλμη
Nonn. D. 6.219
.
II. asSubst.,night-scented stock, Matthiola tristis,
Thphr. CP 6.17.3 , Plin. HN 21.39 ;= citreum,
Gloss.
2. as pr. n.,Ἑσπερίδες,αἱ, the Hesperides, daughters of Night,who dwelt in an island,on the western verge of the world,and guarded a garden with golden apples, Hes. Th. 215 , E. Hipp. 742 (lyr.), D.S. 4.27 , etc.: hence Ἑσπερίδων μῆλα quinces,
Pamphil.
ap. Ath. 2.82d .
3. Ἑ. νῆσοι,
= Κασσιτερίδες , D.P. 563 .