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vesper, ĕris and ĕri (in class. prose mostly acc. vesperum, and abl. vespere, or adverb. vesperi; the plur. not used), m. (neutr., Varr. L. L. 7, § 50 and 9, § 73 Müll. acc. to Lachm.) [Gr. ἕσπερος, ἑσπέρα], the evening, even, eve, even-tide.

  1. I. Lit.: jam diei vesper erat, Sall. J. 52, 3; 106, 2: vesper fit (late Lat. for advesperascit), Vulg. Matt. 14, 15; 16, 2; 26, 20: ad vesperum, Cic. Lael. 3, 12; id. Fin. 2, 28, 92 Madv.; 3, 2, 8; Caes. B. C. 1, 3; id. B. G. 1, 26: sub vesperum, towards evening, id. ib. 2, 33; 5, 58; 7, 60; id. B. C. 1, 42.
    Prov.: nescis, quid vesper serus vehat, the title of a satire by Varro, Gell. 13, 11, 1; Macr. S. 1, 7; cf.: denique, quid vesper serus vehat, Verg. G. 1, 461: cum quid vesper ferat, incertum sit, Liv. 45, 8: de vesperi suo vivere, on his own supper, i. e. to be one’s own master, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 5; cf. id. Rud. 1, 2, 91.
    1. B. Esp., abl. adverb., in the evening.
      1. 1. Form vespere: primo vespere, Caes. B. C. 2, 43: litteras reddidit a. d. VIII. Id. Mart. vespere, Cic. Att. 11, 12, 1.
      2. 2. Form vesperi: cum ad me in Tusculanum heri vesperi venisset Caesar, Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13; id. Ac. 1, 1, 1; id. Mil. 20, 54; Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 62; id. Mil. 2, 5, 29; id. Rud. 1, 2, 91; Ter. And. 4, 4, 29: neque tam vesperi revortor, so late, id. Heaut. 1, 1, 15: primā vesperi (sc. horā), Caes. B. C. 1, 20.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. The evening-star, Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 36; Verg. G. 1, 251: vespero surgente, Hor. C. 2, 9, 10: puro Vespero, id. ib. 3, 19, 26.
    2. B. The West, Occident, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 28; id. M. 1, 63: vespere ab atro, Verg. A. 5, 19.
      Hence, for the inhabitants of the West, Occidentals, Sil. 3, 325.

vespĕra, ae, f. [= ἑσπέρα, i. e. ϝεσπερα; cf. the preced. art.],

  1. I. the evening, eventide (much more freq. than vesper; used only in sing.; in Cic. only adverb., ad vesperam): prima vespera, Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 4; so Suet. Tib. 74; Just. 18, 4, 12: si accelerare volent, ad vesperam consequentur, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 6: ibi se occultans perpotavit ad vesperam, id. Phil. 11, 31, 77: vespera, Sall. ap. Charis. 2, p. 223 (Hist. 2, 76 Dietsch): super sedem cottidianam magistratum primā vesperā suspendit (tabellas), Liv. 34, 61, 14: a mane usque ad vesperam, Suet. Calig. 18; cf. id. Claud. 34; id. Tib. 74; id. Aug. 53: inumbrante vesperă, Tac. H. 3, 19; id. A. 1, 16; 15, 60; Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 18; 9, 36, 4; Curt. 4, 7, 22; 5, 13, 10; 6, 7, 20; 6, 11, 9: vesperā fatigatus, Aur. Caes. ap. Charis. p. 198 P.: vesperā, adverb., in the evening, at even, Plin. 13, 18, 32, § 109; 19, 12, 60, § 183; 32, 4, 14, § 36; Fronto ap. Charis. l. l.
  2. II. Transf., the West (cf. vesper, II. B.): ad vesperam jacentes terrae, Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 215.

* vespĕrālis, e, adj. [vespera], of or belonging to evening: plaga, the west, Sol. 9.

vespĕrasco, āvi, 3, v. inch. n. [vesper], to become evening, grow towards evening: vesperascente jam die, Tac. A. 16, 34: vesperascente caelo, Nep. Pelop. 2, 5.
Impers.: vesperascit, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 7: ubi jam vesperaverat, Gell. 17, 8, 1.

* vespĕrātus, a, um, Part. [vespera], grown into evening: die jam vesperato, Sol. 11 med.

Vesperĭes, is, f., a town of Hispania Tarraconensis, Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 110.

vesperna apud Plautum cena intellegitur, Fest. p. 368 Müll.; cf. id. s. v. cena, p. 54; and s. v. scensas, p. 339 [vesper].

vespertīlĭo, ōnis, m. [vesper], a bat, Plin. 10, 61, 81, § 168; 11, 37, 62, § 164; 29, 4, 26, § 83; Macr. S. 7, 16; Varr. ap. Non. 47, 3; Auct. Carm. de Philom. 39.

vespertīnālis, e, adj., = vespertinus (late Lat.), Adaman. Vit. Columb. 3, 30.

vespertīnus, a, um, adj. [vesper].

  1. I. Of or belonging to evening or even-tide, evening-: tempora (opp. matutina), Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52: litterae, received in the evening (opp. antemeridianae), id. Att. 13, 23, 1: senatusconsulta, made or passed in the evening, id. Phil. 3, 10, 24: acies, a seeing dimly in the evening, Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 203: cantus, of the cock, id. 10, 21, 24, § 49: lucubratio, id. 18, 26, 63, § 233: ros, evening dew, Pall. Nov. 13, 4 et saep.
    Adverb.: si vespertinus subito te oppresserit hospes, i. e. in the evening, Hor. S. 2, 4, 17; id. Epod. 16, 51; id. S. 1, 6, 113; Prud. Psych. 376.
    Absol.: vespertino rursus pascunt, at even-tide, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 11: matutinis vespertinisque, in the morning and evening hours, Plin. 30, 10, 24, § 84.
  2. II. Of or belonging to the west, western: regio, Hor. S. 1, 4, 30: caeli regio, Vitr. 4, 5, 1: populus, Prud. Psych. 376.

vespĕrūgo, ĭnis, f. [vesper].

  1. I. The evening-star, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 119; Vitr. 9, 4; cf. Quint. 1, 7, 12; and Fest. p. 368 Müll.; Mart. Cap. 8, 883.
  2. * II. A bat, Tert. Anim. 32.

vespĕrus, a, um, adj. [vespera], of or belonging to the evening, evening-: his horae rigandi matutina atque vespera, Plin. 19, 12, 60, § 183 (dub.; al. matutino atque vespera): tempus vesperum, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 15, 141; 1, 15, 151.