ἀκρ-έσπερος,ον,
A. on edge of evening( ἄκρος
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), hence,at nightfall, Nic. Th. 25 (cf. Sch.), AP 7.633 ( Crin. );τὴν ἀκρέσπερον [νύκτα] Arist. HA 619b21 , as cited by Ath. 8.353b (ἀρχέσπερονcodd. Ath. ,ἄχρις ἑσπερίουcodf. Arist. ):—neut.ἀκρέσπερονasAdv., Theoc. 24.77 ; but,on approach of evening, Hp. Epid. 7.23 .