crĕpuscŭlum, i, n. [creper], twilight, dusk (cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll.); and in partic., evening twilight, the dusk of the evening (opp. diluculum, the morning twilight, dawn; poet. or in post-Aug. prose).
I. Prop., Plaut. Cas. prol. 40;Ov. M. 1, 219;15, 681;id. F. 4, 735;Plin. 18, 25, 58, § 219;Suet. Ner. 26 al.