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ἀκρέσπερος

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Sophocles, Antigone, 781
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Transliteration A: akrésperos Transliteration B: akresperos Transliteration C: akresperos Beta Code: a)kre/speros

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A on edge of evening (ἄκρος 11), hence, at nightfall, Nic.Th.25 (cf. Sch.), AP7.633 (Crin.); τὴν ἀκρέσπερον [νύκτα] Arist.HA619b21, as cited by Ath.8.353b (ἀρχέσπερον codd. Ath., ἄχρις ἑσπερίου codf. Arist.):—neut. ἀκρέσπερον as Adv., Theoc.24.77; but, on approach of evening, Hp.Epid.7.23.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀκρέσπερος: -ον, = κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς ἑσπέρας (πρβλ. ἄκρος ΙΙ), Νικ. Θ. 25, Ἀνθ. Π. 7. 633: ἀκρέσπερον, ὡς ἐπίρρ., Ἱππ. 1216Β, Θεόκρ. 24, 75, ἀνθ’ οὗ ὁ Ἀριστ. παρ’ Ἀθην. 353Β λέγει τὴν ἀρχέσπερον (ἂν μὴ ἀναγνωστέον ἀκρέσπερον).