ἑσπέρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. ἑσπ-έρη, ἡ, prop. fem. of [[ἕσπερος]]: <span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> (sc. [[ὥρα]]), [[evening]], ἑσπέρας [[at eve]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.322</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>59e</span>, al.; τῆς ἑσπέρας <span class="bibl">Alex.125.7</span>; also ἑσπέρην <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.121</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας εὐθύς</b> just at [[nightfall]], <span class="bibl">Th.3.112</span>; ἄκρᾳ σὺν ἑσπέρᾳ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>11.10</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸς ἑσπέραν</b> towards [[evening]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1085</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.1.30</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>24.29</span>; εἰς ἑσπέραν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>223d</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπειδὴ ἑσπέρα ἦν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">220c</span>; ἐπεὶ πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἦν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.3.22</span>; ἑσπέρας γιγνομένης <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>621a</span>; <b class="b3">περὶ ἑσπέραν βαθεῖαν</b> late in [[the evening]], Plu.2.179e: metaph., <b class="b3">ὁ βίος ἑσπέραν ἄγει</b> life is wearing to its [[eve]], <span class="bibl">Alex.228</span>; ἑ. βίον Anon. ap. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Po.</span>1457b24</span>: pl., <b class="b3">διχομήνιδες ἑσπέραι</b> [[evenings]] when the moon is full, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7).47</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[night]], μίαν ἑ. αὐλισάμενος <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>5.2.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> (sc. [[χώρα]]) [[the west]], πρὸς ἑσπέραν φέρει <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1260</span>; ἡ πρὸς ἑσπέρην [χώρη] <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.82</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.115</span>; τὸ πρὸς ἑσπέρης <span class="bibl">Id.8.130</span>, <span class="bibl">132</span>, <span class="bibl">4.38</span>; τὰ πρὸς ἑσπέραν <span class="bibl">Th.6.2</span>; τὴν ἀνατολὴν ποιεῖσθαι ἀφ' ἑσπέρας <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>345a3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">344b34</span>; [[τὰ]] πνεύματα πνεῖ τῆς δείλης ἀπὸ τῆς ἑ. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Vent.</span>47</span>: metaph. in political sense, τὰ προφαινόμενα ἀπὸ τῆς ἑ. νέφη <span class="bibl">Plb.5.104.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.37.10</span>: <b class="b3">Ἑ., ἡ,</b> the [[Western Empire]], <span class="bibl">Agath.4.29</span>,<span class="bibl">5.16</span>.</span>