vespera

See also: véspera

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vesˈpera/
  • Rhymes: -era
  • Hyphenation: ves‧pe‧ra

Adjective

vespera (accusative singular vesperan, plural vesperaj, accusative plural vesperajn)

  1. of or related to evening
    Antonym: matena

Latin

Etymology

From vesper.

Noun

vespera f (genitive vesperae); first declension

  1. evening, eventide

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative vespera vesperae
genitive vesperae vesperārum
dative vesperae vesperīs
accusative vesperam vesperās
ablative vesperā vesperīs
vocative vespera vesperae

Descendants

  • Catalan: vespra
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: vespera
  • Old Spanish: viésperas, viespras
  • Old High German: vespera

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.

Portuguese

Noun

vespera f (plural vesperas)

  1. obsolete spelling of véspera