eve Copy link Outline I. Of the dayII. The evening preceding a festivalIII. The period immediately before an event1. expr. by insto, immĭneo, impendeo2. by jam with pres. imperf. of verbs for to come, etc.3. by sub with acc. (= on the e. of) • eve, even (subs.): I. Of the day: vesper, vespertīnum tempus: v. evening. II. The evening preceding a festival: prīdie (the day before: in this application with acc.): on the eve of the Compitalia, p. Compitalia, Cic.: Suet. III. The period immediately before an event: 1. expr. by insto, immĭneo, impendeo: I think we are on the eve of war, mihi videtur bellum instare, Cic.: because she was on the eve of becoming a mother, ob imminentem partum, Tac.: v. to impend. 2. by jam with pres. imperf. of verbs for to come, etc.: we are even now on the e. of the return of the golden age, jam redeunt Saturnia regna, Virg. E. 4, 6. 3. by sub with acc. (= on the e. of): on the very e. of battle, sub horam pugnae, Suet. Aug. 16: on the e. of the lamentable fall of Troy, sub lacrimosa Trojae funera, Hor. Od. 1, 8, 14. Phr.: being on the e. of becoming a mother, gravida et jam ad pariendum [vicina?] exactis mentibus, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 18, 48.