vesper, vesperī / -is

Definitions for vesper

Wheelock's Latin

Noun

1
evening, evening star
English derivatives:
vesper vesperal vespertine

Oxford Latin Dictionary

Noun

1
The evening. (b) ~i (~e) or ~a, in the evening. (c) primus ~er, prima ~era, the beginning of evening, early evening. (d) (in advl. phrs. referring to the evening meal); de ~i, from (a person's) resources.
2
The planet Venus when appearing after sunset, the Evening Star.
3
The west (as a region of the earth of sky). (b) (meton.) the people of the west.

Sentences with vesper

Latin to English

Domine deus, pacem da nobis - omnia enim praestitisti nobis - pacem quietis, pacem sabbati, pacem sine vespera. Omnis quippe iste ordo pulcherrimus rerum valde bonarum modis suis peractis transiturus est: et mane quippe in eis factum est et vespera.Compare O Lord God, give us peace, for you have given all things to us, the peace of rest, the peace of the Sabbath, the peace without an evening. The entire most beautiful order of things that are very good, when their measures have been accomplished, is to pass away. For truly in them a morning has been made, and an evening also

Is ipse dies domus ad vespera redeo.Compare He returned home that very day at evening.

Data sources

Notes

Definitions
Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 190.
P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 2047.
Word frequencies
Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).

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Citation

Chicago (17th ed.)

Allo Contributors. "vesper, vesperī / -is (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified September 24, 2023. Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/vesper-vesperi-is.