noun · femininefirst declension
vespera
vespera f (genitive vesperae)
Meaning
- feminineevening, eventide
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vespera | vesperae |
| genitive | vesperae | vesperārum |
| dative | vesperae | vesperīs |
| accusative | vesperam | vesperās |
| ablative | vesperā | vesperīs |
| vocative | vespera | vesperae |
vespĕra, ae, f. = ἑσπέρα, i. e. ϝεσπερα; cf. the preced. art.,
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.—II. Transf., the West (cf. vesper, II. B.):
ad vesperam jacentes terrae, Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 215.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vespera ae, f
2 VAS-, the evening, even-tide: ad vesperam consequi: primā vesperā, L.
Origins
From vesper.
Descendants
- Catalanvespra
- Portuguesevésperafrom Old Galician-Portuguese vespera
- Spanishvísperafrom Old Spanish viésperas
- GermanVesperfrom Old High German vespera
- Galicianvésperafrom Old Galician-Portuguese vespera
- Galicianvísporafrom Old Galician-Portuguese vespera
- Alemannic GermanVësperfrom Old High German vespera