adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
vespertīnus
vespertīnus (feminine vespertīna, neuter vespertīnum)
Classical[wɛs.pɛrˈtiː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ves.perˈtiː.nus]
Meaning
- adjectiverelationalevening
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vespertīnus | vespertīna | vespertīnum |
| genitive | vespertīnī | vespertīnae | vespertīnī |
| dative | vespertīnō | vespertīnae | vespertīnō |
| accusative | vespertīnum | vespertīnam | vespertīnum |
| ablative | vespertīnō | vespertīnā | vespertīnō |
| vocative | vespertīne | vespertīna | vespertīnum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | vespertīnī | vespertīnae | vespertīna |
| genitive | vespertīnōrum | vespertīnārum | vespertīnōrum |
| dative | vespertīnīs | vespertīnīs | vespertīnīs |
| accusative | vespertīnōs | vespertīnās | vespertīna |
| ablative | vespertīnīs | vespertīnīs | vespertīnīs |
| vocative | vespertīnī | vespertīnae | vespertīna |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- tempus matutīnum, meridianum, vespertinum, nocturnum
- morning, noon, evening, night.
vespertīnus, a, um, adj. vesper.
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. —II. Of or belonging to the west, western:
regio, Hor. S. 1, 4, 30: caeli regio, Vitr. 4, 5, 1: populus, Prud. Psych. 376.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vespertīnus adj.
vesper, of evening, of even-tide, evening: tempora (opp. matutina): litterae, received in the evening: senatūs consultā, passed in the evening.—Poet.: Si vespertinus subito te oppresserit hospes, i. e. in the evening, H.—Of the west, western: regio, H.
Origins
From vesper (“evening”) and the adjective-forming suffix -īnus, with -t- perhaps by analogy to mātūtīnus (“(of the) morning”, adjective). Also semantically similar to adjectives formed with -tinus, but with different vowel length.
Descendants
- Catalanvespertí
- Englishvespertine
- Italianvespertino
- Occitanvespertin
- AsturianVespertino