LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem

advesperāscit

advesperāscit (present infinitive advesperāscere, perfect active advesperāvit)
Classical[ad.wɛs.pɛˈraːs.kɪt]Ecclesiastical[ad.ves.peˈraʃ.ʃit]

Meaning

  1. impersonalto approach evening

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.——————
2nd sg.——————
3rd sg.advesperāscitadvesperāscēbatadvesperāscetadvesperāvitadvesperāveratadvesperāverit
1st pl.——————
2nd pl.——————
3rd pl.——————
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.————
2nd sg.————
3rd sg.advesperāscatadvesperāsceretadvesperāveritadvesperāvisset
1st pl.————
2nd pl.————
3rd pl.————
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
fut. 3rd sg.advesperāscitō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveadvesperāscere—
perfect infinitiveadvesperāvisse—
present participleadvesperāscēns—
gerundadvesperāscendī, advesperāscendō, advesperāscendum

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

advesperascit
evening is drawing on.

ad-vespĕrascit, āvit, 3,
I. v. impers. and inch., it approaches evening, it is getting to be evening, twilight is coming on: advesperascit, Ter. And. 3, 4, 2; Vulg. Luc. 24, 29: cum jam advesperasceret, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, etc.; id. Fin. 4, 28: nisi advesperāsset, Auct. B. Hisp. 24: cum advesperavisset, Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 178: advesperascente die, Vulg. Prov. 7, 9.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinadvesperāscit

Latin vesperāscit Latin advesperāscit From ad- + vesperāscit.

Quick answers

What does advesperāscit mean in Latin?
advesperāscit, a verb, means “to approach evening”.
What are the principal parts of advesperāscit?
advesperāscit, advesperāscere, advesperāvit (third conjugation, impersonal, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce advesperāscit?
In classical Latin, [ad.wɛs.pɛˈraːs.kɪt]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ad.ves.peˈraʃ.ʃit].
Where does advesperāscit come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin advesperāscit.