evening (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. vesper, ĕris and ĕri, m.2. vespĕra (much less freq. than preced.)3. (poet.) Hespĕrus (the e. star)4. vespertīnum tempus • evening (subs.): 1. vesper, ĕris and ĕri, m.: till e., usque ad vesperum (not -em), Cic.: it was now e., jam v. diei erat, Sall.: in the early part of the e., primo vespere (never -o), Caes.: yesterday e., heri vesperi, (rather than vespere), Cic. 2. vespĕra (much less freq. than preced.): they will overtake him by e., ad v. consequentur, Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 6: from morning till e., a mane usque ad v., Suet. 3. (poet.) Hespĕrus (the e. star): home! e. comes, ite domum, venit H., Virg. 4. vespertīnum tempus: Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52. Phr.: e. comes on, advesperascit, Ter.: Cic.; vesperascit, Ter.: Gell.; invesperascit, Liv.: to come very late in the e., pervesperi venire, Cic.: a guest who drops in in the e., vespertinus hospes, Hor. (For evening in fig. sense, v. decline, subs.)