vesper

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English [edit]

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Noun [edit]

vesper (plural vespers)

  1. The bell that summons worshipers to vespers; the vesper-bell
  2. (poetic) evening

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Etymology [edit]

vespa +‎ -er. Compare French guêpier, Portuguese vespeiro, Romanian viespar, Italian vespaio.

Noun [edit]

vesper m (plural vespers)

  1. wasp nest
  2. wasp group
  3. (colloquial) complicated mess

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Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *wekʷsperos. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hesperos), Old Church Slavonic вєчєръ (večerŭ) and Old Armenian գիշեր (gišer).

Noun [edit]

vesper (genitive vesperī); m, second declension

  1. the evening, even, eve, even-tide
  2. the evening-star

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative vesper vesperī
genitive vesperī vesperōrum
dative vesperō vesperīs
accusative vesperum vesperōs
ablative vesperō vesperīs
vocative vesper 1 vesperī

1 May also be vespere.

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