ἑσπέρα
ἡμῶν δ' ὅσα καὶ τὰ σώματ' ἐστὶ τὸν ἀριθμὸν καθ' ἑνός, τοσούτους ἔστι καὶ τρόπους ἰδεῖν → whatever number of persons there are, the same will be found the number of minds and of characters
English (LSJ)
Ion. ἑσπ-έρη, ἡ, prop. fem. of ἕσπερος: I (sc. ὥρα), evening, ἑσπέρας at eve, Pi.P.4.40, Eup.322, Pl.Phd.59e, al. ; τῆς ἑσπέρας Alex.125.7 ; also ἑσπέρην Hp.Mul.2.121 ; ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας εὐθύς just at nightfall, Th.3.112 ; ἄκρᾳ σὺν ἑσπέρᾳ Pi.P.11.10 ; πρὸς ἑσπέραν towards evening, Ar.V.1085, X.HG1.1.30, Ev.Luc.24.29 ; εἰς ἑσπέραν Pl.Smp.223d ; ἐπειδὴ ἑσπέρα ἦν ib.220c ; ἐπεὶ πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἦν X.HG4.3.22 ; ἑσπέρας γιγνομένης Pl.R.621a ; περὶ ἑσπέραν βαθεῖαν late in the evening, Plu.2.179e : metaph., ὁ βίος ἑσπέραν ἄγει life is wearing to its eve, Alex.228; ἑ. βίον Anon. ap. Arist.Po.1457b24: pl., διχομήνιδες ἑσπέραι evenings when the moon is full, Pi.I.8(7).47. 2 night, μίαν ἑ. αὐλισάμενος J.BJ5.2.1. II (sc. χώρα) the west, πρὸς ἑσπέραν φέρει E.Or.1260 ; ἡ πρὸς ἑσπέρην [χώρη] Hdt.1.82, cf. 3.115 ; τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέρης Id.8.130, 132, 4.38 ; τὰ πρὸς ἑσπέραν Th.6.2 ; τὴν ἀνατολὴν ποιεῖσθαι ἀφ' ἑσπέρας Arist.Mete.345a3, cf. 344b34 ; τὰ πνεύματα πνεῖ τῆς δείλης ἀπὸ τῆς ἑ. Thphr.Vent.47 : metaph. in political sense, τὰ προφαινόμενα ἀπὸ τῆς ἑ. νέφη Plb.5.104.9, cf. 9.37.10: Ἑ., ἡ, the Western Empire, Agath.4.29,5.16.
