Meanings
- Greekpluralplural onlyhuman sciencesA group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden filled with trees that grew golden apples in a far western corner of the world, located in Libya or the Atlas Mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus; they are said to be the daughters of Hesperus.
- Greekpluralplural onlyhuman sciencesThe garden of the Hesperides.
- figurativelypluralplural onlyA paradisaical land of plenty, especially one in the far West.
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Inclinations no leſs vigorous have of late been obſerved in Europe, but with more ſucceſs; who not being bounded by Herculean Bars, paſt ſo far through (till then) the unmeaſured Atlantick, that they lighted upon a new World, a flouriſhing Heſperides, Regions whoſe Sands were Gold, Earth Plate, and Rivers Silver, a Paradice extended to the Arctick and Antarctick Circles, with ſeveral other Countries and Iſlands that reach almoſt the utmoſt latitude of either Poles, out-ſhining all the Fables of Antiquity, and boldeſt Tales of their Poetick Dreams; […]
1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 2
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient GreekἙσπερίδες
- LatinHesperides
- EnglishHesperides
From Latin Hesperides, from Ancient Greek Ἑσπερίδες (Hesperídes).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Ἑσπερίδες
- Ἑσπερίδες (Hesperídes)a group of nymphs
Esperanto Hesperidoj
- Hesperidoja group of nymphs
French Hespérides
- Hespéridesa group of nymphs
German Hesperiden
- Hesperidena group of nymphs
Greek Εσπερίδες
- Εσπερίδες (Esperídes)a group of nymphs
Italian Esperidi
- Esperidia group of nymphs
Latin Hesperides
- Hesperidesa group of nymphs
Russian Геспери́ды
- Геспери́ды (Gesperídy)a group of nymphs
Spanish Hespérides
- Hespéridesa group of nymphs
Cite this entry
Hesperides. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hesperides
“Hesperides.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hesperides. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hesperides,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hesperides.
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