EVENING Copy link • EVENINGvesper (☞ vesperus and vespera are not found in classic prose): tempus vespertinum: ☞ extremum die (Sall., Jug., 21, 2); extremum tempus diei (Hirt., B.G., 8, 15, 6): toward evening, ad or sub vesperum (the former, Caes.’s usual form): in the evening, vesperi (☞ not vespere): late in the evening, pervesperi (Cic., ad Div., 9, 2, in.): in the evening of the day before, pridie vesperi: yesterday evening, heri vesperi: on the evening before his death, ad vesperum, pridie quam excessit e vita: on the evening of his death, eo ipso die, quo excessit e vita, (i. e., on the day of his death): early in the evening, as the evening was coming on, primo vespere; prima vesperi (Caes. B. C. 1, 20): evening is coming on, vesperascit (Terentianus); advesperascit (Cic.); invesperascit; jam serum est diei (Liv.): when evening was drawing near, die jam inclinato in vesperum (Caes.); praecipite die (Liv.): Good evening! salve! to wish anybody good evening, salvere aliquem jubeo: that comes or happens in the evening, vespertinus (= “evening,” as adjective). To pay an evening visit, convenire aliquem vesperi: to receive an evening visit, aliquis convenit me vesperi or vespertinus. A guest who spends the evening with anybody, hospes vespertinus: the evening red, vesper rubens (Verg.): evening prayers, *preces vespertinae. The evening twilight: [Vid: TWILIGHT.] The evening breeze, *aer vespertinus; aura vespertina (Varr.). Evening primrose, *oenothera biennis. IMPROPR. The evening of life, vita occtdens (Cic.).