vespera

vespera

See also: véspera

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vesˈpera/
• Rhymes: -era

Adjective

vespera (accusative singular vesperan, plural vesperaj, accusative plural vesperajn)

1. of or related to evening

   Antonym: matena

Related terms

• vespere (“in the evening”)
• vesperi (“to be evening”)
• vespero (“evening”)

 

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Latin

Etymology

From vesper

Noun

vespera f (genitive vesperae); first declension

1. evening, eventide

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vespera	vesperae
Genitive	vesperae	vesperārum
Dative	vesperae	vesperīs
Accusative	vesperam	vesperās
Ablative	vesperā	vesperīs
Vocative	vespera	vesperae

Related terms

• vesper

Descendants

• Portuguese: véspera
• Spanish: víspera
• → Old High German: vespera
  • Middle High German: vesper
    • German: Vesper
    • Alemannic German: Vësper

References

• vespera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vespera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vespera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Noun

vespera f (plural vesperas)

1. Obsolete spelling of véspera