ἑσπέριος

English (LSJ)

α, ον, and ος, ον E.HF 395 (lyr.): (ἕσπερος):    I of Time, towards evening, Hom., esp. in Od., usu. with Verbs, ἑ. δ' εἰς ἄστυ..κάτειμι Od.15.505 ; ἑσπερίους ἀγέρεσθαι ἀνώγει 2.385 ; ἀπονέεσθαι ἑ. 9.452 ; ἑ. φλέγεν Pi.N.6.38 ; ἑσπερίῃσι (sc. ὥραις) at eventide, Opp.C.1.138, cf. Man.2.422 ; ἄχρι ἑσπερίου (sc. χρόνου) Arist.HA619b21 (v. ἀκρέσπερος); ἑ. ἀοιδαί songs sung at even, Pi.P.3.19 : in late Prose, ἑσπέριος [γένεσις] Vett.Val. 72.21.    II of Place, western, ἠὲ πρὸς ἠοίων ἦ ἑ. ἀνθρώπων Od.8.29, cf. E.l.c. ; ἔριφοι Theoc.7.53 ; ἅλς Arat.407, cf. Call.Fr.443 ; τὰ ἑ. the western parts, Th.6.2, Plu.Ant.30 ; ἀφ' ἑσπερίης (sc. χώρης) from the west, IG14.1020.    III Ἑσπέριος, ὁ,=Ἕσπερος, the star, Gal. 17(1).16. (ϝεσπ-, cf. ϝεσπάριοι, of the Western Locrians, IG9(1).334 (v B. C.), Lat. vesper.)