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ἀκρ-έσπερος

akresperos

on edge of evening

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What it meant

ἀκρ-έσπερος · akr-esperos — LSJ

on edge of evening, at nightfall, on approach of evening

on edge of evening (ἄκρος II), hence, at nightfall, Nic. Th. 25 (cf. Sch.), AP 7.633 (Crin.); τὴν ἀκρέσπερον [νύκτα] Arist. HA 619b21, as cited by Ath. 8.353b (ἀρχέσπερον codd. Ath., ἄχρις ἑσπερίου codf. Arist.):—neut. ἀκρέσπερον as Adv., Theoc. 24.77; but, on approach of evening, Hp. Epid. 7.23.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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