ἑσπέρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ἑσπέρη]], ἡ, prop. fem. of [[ἕσπερος]]:<br><span class="bld">I</span> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὥρα]]), [[evening]], ἑσπέρας [[at eve]], Pi.''P.''4.40, Eup.322, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 59e, al.; τῆς ἑσπέρας Alex.125.7; also [[ἑσπέρην]] Hp.''Mul.''2.121; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας εὐθύς</b> just at [[nightfall]], Th.3.112; ἄκρᾳ σὺν ἑσπέρᾳ Pi.''P.''11.10; <b class="b3">πρὸς ἑσπέραν</b> towards [[evening]], Ar.''V.''1085, X.''HG''1.1.30, ''Ev.Luc.''24.29; εἰς ἑσπέραν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 223d; <b class="b3">ἐπειδὴ ἑσπέρα ἦν</b> ib.220c; ἐπεὶ πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἦν X.''HG''4.3.22; ἑσπέρας γιγνομένης [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 621a; <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]], Alex.228; ἑ. βίον Anon. ap. Arist.''Po.''1457b24: pl., <b class="b3">διχομήνιδες ἑσπέραι</b> [[evenings]] when the moon is full, Pi.''I.''8(7).47.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[night]], μίαν ἑ. αὐλισάμενος J.''BJ''5.2.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> (''[[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 [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Meteorologica|Mete.]]''345a3, cf. 344b34; [[τὰ]] πνεύματα πνεῖ τῆς δείλης ἀπὸ τῆς ἑ. [[Theophrastus]] ''Vent.''47: metaph. in political sense, τὰ προφαινόμενα ἀπὸ τῆς ἑ. νέφη Plb.5.104.9, cf. 9.37.10: <b class="b3">Ἑ., ἡ,</b> the [[Western Empire]], Agath.4.29,5.16.