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Hesperidian

Hesperidian adjective: pertaining to the Hesperides or the garden that they tended.

Adjective

Hesperidian (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the Hesperides or the garden that they tended.
    • He considered, also, that a rather more general distribution of the Hesperidian fruit, if it could be peaceably effected, would be desirable.1843, “Punch's Labours of Hercules”, in Punch, volume 5, page 73
    • The Hesperidian tree bearing golden apples was a type of that in Eden.1942, University of Kansas Publications: Humanistic studies

Examples of Hesperidian in a sentence

  • It is known concerning Hercules, that he performed his last labour in the Hesperidian region, and Olympiodorus, in his Commentary on the Gorgias of Plato, informs us what we are to understand by this.1960, Mary Anne Atwood, Hermetic Philosophy and Alchemy, page 233:
  • The evidence seems to indicate that the symbolism of the Hesperidian Garden had a special meaning for the Medici Popes.1970, Hans Henrik Brummer, The Statue Court in the Vatican Belvedere, page 238:
  • Further substantiation for this correlation is to be found in Ridgely Torrence's Hesperidian poetry, to which Frost referred in an epigraph to "A Passing Glimpse."1974, Jac Tharpe, Frost: Centennial Essays - Volume 1, page 219:

Origin of Hesperidian

From Hesperides + -ian.

Questions about Hesperidian

What does Hesperidian mean?
Hesperidian means pertaining to the Hesperides or the garden that they tended.
How do you use Hesperidian in a sentence?
It is known concerning Hercules, that he performed his last labour in the Hesperidian region, and Olympiodorus, in his Commentary on the Gorgias of Plato, informs us what we are to understand by this.
What part of speech is Hesperidian?
Hesperidian is an adjective.

Words near Hesperidian in the dictionary

  1. Hesperid
  2. Hesperidean
  3. hesperidene
  4. Hesperides
  5. hesperidia
  6. Hesperidian
  7. hesperidin
  8. hesperidins
  9. hesperidium
  10. Hesperids
  11. hesperiid

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