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ἑσπέρα , Ion. ἐσθ-έρη , , prop. fem. of ἕσπερος:
I. (sc. ὥρα), evening,ἑσπέραςat eve, Pi.P.4.40, Eup.322, Pl.Phd.59e, al. ; “τῆς ἑσπέραςAlex.125.7 ; also “ἑσπέρηνHp.Mul.2.121 ; ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας εὐθύς just at nightfall, Th.3.112 ; “ἄκρᾳ σὺν ἑσπέρᾳPi.P.11.10 ; πρὸς ἑσπέραν towards evening, Ar.V.1085, X.HG1.1.30, Ev.Luc.24.29 ; “εἰς ἑσπέρανPl.Smp.223d ; ἐπειδὴ ἑσπέρα ἦν ib.220c ; “ἐπεὶ πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἦνX.HG4.3.22 ; “ἑσπέρας γιγνομένηςPl.R.621a ; περὶ ἑσπέραν βαθεῖαν late in the evening, Plu.2.179e : metaph., βίος ἑσπέραν ἄγει life is wearing to its eve, Alex.228; “. βίονAnon. ap. Arist.Po.1457b24: pl., διχομήνιδες ἑσπέραι evenings when the moon is full, Pi.I.8(7).47.
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    • Aristophanes, Wasps, 1085
    • Aristotle, Poetics, 1457b.24
    • Euripides, Orestes, 1260
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.115
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.82
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.38
    • Herodotus, Histories, 8.130
    • Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War, 5.2.1
    • Plato, Republic, 621a
    • Plato, Phaedo, 59e
    • Plato, Symposium, 223d
    • Plato, Symposium, 220c
    • Thucydides, Histories, 6.2
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 4.3.22
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 1.1.30
    • Polybius, Histories, 5.104.9
    • Polybius, Histories, 9.37.10
    • New Testament, Luke, 24.29
    • Thucydides, Histories, 3.112
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