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

Declension

First-declension noun.

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.