In the Soliloquy lexicon
vespertine
Relating to, occurring in, or active during the evening.
Used in a sentence
The vespertine chorus of birds began as the sun dipped below the trees.
Where it comes from
From Latin vespertinus “of the evening,” from vesper “evening, evening star,” ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wes-pero- “evening.”
Its journey
Vespertine was born in Latin as vespertinus, ‘of the evening’, formed from vesper, ‘evening’ or ‘evening star’. It passed into English in the seventeenth century, chiefly as a learned botanical and zoological adjective for creatures or flowers that stir or open at dusk. Its Latin root is ancient, though its deeper Indo-European ancestry is uncertain.
A small story
At the edge of the allotments, the robin began its vespertine song as the last barrow creaked home. Mrs Vale paused by her gate, earth still dark beneath her nails, and listened until the windows opposite gathered their lamps. Then she went inside, leaving the bean-poles to the blue dusk.
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