vesper

noun

1. Old Poet.
   1. evening or evening personified
   2. evening star
2. 1. R.C.Ch. the sixth of the seven canonical hours; evening prayer
   2. Anglican Ch. evensong

Origin: ME, evening star < L vesper, masc., vespera, fem., evening < IE *wesperos (prob. < *we-: see west) > Gr hesperos

adjective

1. of evening
2. of vespers