ἀκρέσπερος

A. on edge of evening (ἄκρος 11), 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.