Ἑσπέρ-ιος, α, ον,
and ος, ον [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 395 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: (ἕσπερος):
__I of Time, towards evening, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, especially in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, usually with Verbs, ἑ. δ᾽ εἰς ἄστυ..κάτειμι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.505; ἑσπερίους ἀγέρεσθαι ἀνώγει 2.385; ἀπονέεσθαι ἑ. 9.452; ἑ. φλέγεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.38 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἑσπερίῃσι (i.e. ὥραις) at eventide, [[ 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 1.138, compare 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 2.422 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; ἄχρι ἑσπερίου (i.e. χρόνου) [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 619b21 (see. ἀκρέσπερος)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἑ. ἀοιδαί songs sung at even, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 3.19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in late Prose, ἑσπέριος [γένεσις] [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 72.21. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II of Place, western, ἠὲ πρὸς ἠοίων ἦ ἑ. ἀνθρώπων [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.29, cf. E. [prev. cited]; ἔριφοι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.53; ἅλς 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 407, compare 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 443; τὰ ἑ. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]the western parts, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 30 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀφ᾽ ἑσπερίης (i.e. χώρης) from the west, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 14.1020. ] Refs]
__III Ἑσπέριος, ὁ, =Ἕσπερος, the star, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).16. (ϝεσπ-,] Refs 2nd c.AD+] compare ϝεσπάριοι, of the [[ “Western” Locrians, “IG” 9(1).334 (5th c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+], Latin vesper.)