advesperascit

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ad-vespĕrascit, āvit, 3, v. impers. and inch.,

it approaches evening , it is getting to be evening , twilight is coming on : advesperascit, Ter. And. 581; Vulg. Luc. 24, 29: cum jam advesperasceret, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, etc.; id. Fin. 4, 28: nisi advesperāsset, Auct. B. Hisp. 24: cum advesperavisset, Plin. 7, 52, 53, § 178: advesperascente die, Vulg. Prov. 7, 9.

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