vespertinus

== Latin == === Etymology === From vesper (“evening”) and the adjective-forming suffix -īnus, with -t- perhaps by analogy to mātūtīnus (“(of the) morning”, adjective). Also semantically similar to adjectives formed with -tinus, but with different vowel length. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛs.pɛrˈtiː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ves.perˈtiː.nus] === Adjective === vespertīnus (feminine vespertīna, neuter vespertīnum); first/second-declension adjective (relational) evening ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== sērōtinus ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: Vespertino Catalan: vespertí → English: vespertine Italian: vespertino Occitan: vespertin === References === === Further reading === “vespertinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vespertinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “vespertinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.