ἕσπερος
Ζῆν οὐκ ἄξιος, ὅτῳ μηδὲ εἷς ἐστι χρηστὸς φίλος → Life is not worth living if you do not have at least one friend.
English (LSJ)
ον (v. sub fin.),
A of or at evening, [ἀστὴρ] ἕ. the evening-star, Il.22.318; opp.ἑῷος ἀστήρ,AP7.670 (Pl.); prov., οὔθ' ἕσπερος οὔθ' ἑῷος οὕτω θαυμαστός Arist.EN1129b28 : as Subst., without ἀστήρ, E.Ion 1149, BionFr.8.1 ; ἔσπερε πάντα φέρων ὄσα φαίνολις ἐσκέδασ' αὔως Sapph.95 ; esp. of the planet Venus, Eratosth.Cat.43, Cic.ND2.20.53 ; also ἕ. σελάνας φάος Pi.O.10(11).73 ; ἕ. θεός the god of darkness, i.e. Hades or death, S.OT178(lyr.); like ἑσπέριος, joined with a Verb, h.Hom.19.14 ; ἕ. γίγνεται, of the planet Venus, Ti.Locr.96e. 2 as Subst., evening, μέλας ἐπὶ ἕσπερος ἦλθε Od.1.423 ; μένον δ' ἐπὶ ἕσπερον ἐλθεῖν waited the coming on of evening, 4.786 ; ποτὶ ἕσπερον at eventide, Hes.Op.552 : also heterocl. pl., ποτὶ ἕσπερα Od.17.191 ; ὑφ' ἕσπερα AP5.304 : fem., ἐρεμνὴ ἕσπερος A.R.4.1290 : metaph. of age, τί δ' ἕσπερός ἐστι γυναικῶν ; AP5.232 (Maced.). II western, τόποι A.Pr.350; ἀγκῶνες S.Aj.805 ; ὠκεανός D.P.63 ; ἕ. (sc. γῆ) the west country, ἀφ' ἑσπέρου Call.Del.174 ; πρὸς ἑσπέρου D.P.335 ; ἑσπέρου κέρας, promontory in Africa, Ptol.Geog.4.6.2 : as Adj., ὁ Ἥλιος..-ον κύκλον διανύων Nech. ap. Vett.Val.154.29. (ϝέσπ-, cf. Ἑσπέριος fin.)
