late in the day

, . long after late , (opp. to ); in late writers used almost as an indecl. noun (v. MM, xviii): , . late in the day at evening πρωί Mk 11:11 19 13:35 C. gen., or ; and, in late writers also (M, , 72 f.), a sense which seems to be required in .† late in on after Pr. Mt 28:1

(adverbially) late in the day; by extension, after the close of the day

(at) even, in the end