vespera
Τί ὕπνος; Καμάτων ἀνάπαυσις, ἰατρῶν κατόρθωμα, δεδεμένων λύσις, ἀγρυπνούντων σοφία, νοσούντων εὐχή, θανάτου εἰκών, ταλαιπωρούντων ἐπιθυμία, πάσης πνοῆς ἡσυχία, πλουσίων ἐπιτήδευμα, πενήτων ἀδολεσχία, καθημερινὴ μελέτη. → What is sleep? Rest from toil, the success of physicians, the release of those who are bound, the wisdom of the wakeful, what sick men pray for, an image of death, the desire of those who toil in hardship, the rest of all the spirit, a principal occupation of the rich, the idle chatter of poor men, a daily object of concern.
Latin > English
vespera vesperae N F :: evening, even-tide
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vespĕra,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.
Latin > German (Georges)
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.
Latin > Chinese
vespera, ae. f. :: 晚時
