δείλη
δείλη
-ης, afternoon, usually late afternoon; ἀμφὶ δείλην, towards evening, 112, 25 (cp. ὀψὲ ἦν, 113, 11). As with Eng. ‘afternoon,’ the context or a limiting word always shows whether early (as in 89, 11) or late afternoon is meant. Cp. the use of ‘evening’ in our southern states, where ‘good evening’ is a common salutation any time after noon.
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δείλη
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δειλη
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δείλη
-ης, afternoon, usually late afternoon; ἀμφὶ δείλην, towards evening, 112, 25 (cp. ὀψὲ ἦν, 113, 11). As with Eng. ‘afternoon,’ the context or a limiting word always shows whether early (as in 89, 11) or late afternoon is meant. Cp. the use of ‘evening’ in our southern states, where ‘good evening’ is a common salutation any time after noon.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:anabasis-mather-563
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