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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=vespera vesperae N F :: [[evening]], [[even-tide]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>vespĕra</b>: ae, f. = [[ἑσπέρα]], i. e. ϝεσπερα; cf. the preced. [[art]].,<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., the West (cf. [[vesper]], II. B.): ad vesperam jacentes terrae, Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 215.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>vespĕra</b>,¹² æ, f. ([[ἑσπέρα]]), le temps du soir, soirée : Pl. Curc. 4 ; ad vesperam Cic. Cat. 2, 6, vers le soir, cf. Cic. Phil. 2, 77 ; [[prima]] [[vespera]] Liv. 34, 61, 14, au début du soir ; inumbrante [[vespera]] Tac. H. 3, 19, au moment où le soir répandait son ombre ; vesperā [abl.] Plin. 13, 109, au soir, le soir.
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{{Georges
|georg=vespera, ae, f. (εσπέρα), der [[Abend]], I) die Abendzeit, si media [[nox]] est [[sive]] est [[prima]] [[vespera]], Plaut.: ad vesperam, [[gegen]] [[Abend]], Cic. u.a.: [[circa]] vesperam, Suet.: a [[mane]] [[usque]] ad vesperam, Suet.: die inclinato in vesperam, Curt.: inumbrante vesperā, [[als]] der A. dämmerte, Tac.: primā vesperā, Plaut. u. Liv.: vesperā multā, am späten [[Abend]], [[Fronto]] u. [[spät]]. Histor.: Abl. adv., vesperā, am [[Abend]], abends, Plin. u. [[Fronto]]: vesperā [[aut]] [[noctu]], Suet. – II) meton., der [[Abend]] = die Abendgegend, der [[Westen]], ad vesperam iacentes terrae, Plin. 18, 215: a [[vespera]] (vom W. her, im W.) Issiaco disiungitur mari, Amm. 22, 15, 2.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=vespera, ae. f. :: [[晚時]]
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