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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. (
I.neutr., Varr. L. L. 7, § 50 and 9, § 73 Müll. acc. to Lachm.) [Gr. ἕσπερος, ἑσπέρα], the evening, even, eve, even-tide.
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.—
B. Esp., abl. adverb., in the evening.
II. Transf.
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.—
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.
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