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δείλη (deilē) afternoon ^G:N-F

δείλη, ἡ,

afternoon (δ. ἡμέρας τελευτή [δείλη ἢ μέσον ἦμαρ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.111 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]: divided into early and late (πρωΐα and ὀψία), περὶ δείλην πρωΐην γενομένην [δείλης ὀψίης [prev. author] 7.167, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 57.9; περὶ δείλην ἤδη ὀψίαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.26; later περὶ δ. ἑσπέραν 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.533, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.12.7. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]

__II δ. alone,
__II.1 early afternoon, δείλῃ δὲ τέμνεται ὀπώρα [δείλη ἐγένετο 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.8.8; ἀμφὶ δείλην [prev. work] 2.2.14 (opposed to ὀψέ, [prev. work] 16); περὶ δείλην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.101, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.69, 103 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ δείλης from the hour of afternoon, [δείλης ">Refs 4th c.BC+]in the course of the afternoon, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but also,
__II.1.b late afternoon, τῆς ἡμέρας ὅλης διῆλθον.. ἀλλὰ δείλης ἀφίκοντο [Refs]; μέχρι δείλης ἐξ ἑωθινοῦ [δείλης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Definitiones” 411a ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕωθεν καὶ δείλης early in the morning and late in the evening, [δείλην [prev. author] “HA” 596a23 ">Refs 4th c.BC+]; δείλαν alone, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.2 in late Prose, any time of day, περὶ μεσημβρίαν δ. about mid-day, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II.2.b apparently, day, opposed to night, δείλ (η) ς ἐργ (άταις) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]