ἀκρ·έσπερος, ος, ον, qui se fait au commencement de la nuit, sur le soir, NIC. Th. 25 ; ANTH. 7, 633 ; adv. ἀκρέσπερον, HPC. 1216 b ; THCR. Idyl. 24, 75, sur le soir.

Étym. ἄκρος, ἑσπέρα.

ον, 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.