(v. dep.P. a.) : expergiscor, perrectus, 3 (archaic
* Inf. praes. expergiscier, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 1), v. dep. (act. form in the imperf. subj. expergisceret, Pompon. ap. Non. 473, 6), n. expergo, to be awakened, to awake (class.).
* Lit.: si dormis, expergiscere. Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3: itaque simul ut experrecti sumus, visa illa contemnimus,id. Ac. 2, 16, 51; id. Div. 1, 28, 59; id. Att. 13, 38, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 33.
* Transf., to awake, to rouse or bestir one's self, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 21; Plaut. As. 2, 1, 1: experrecta nobilitas armis atque ferro rem publicam recuperavit,Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 141: quin igitur expergiscimini?Sall. C. 20, 14; Vulg. Joel, 1, 5.—Hence, * experrectus, a, um, P. a., awakened, aroused, vigilant: ut sint apes experrectiores,Col. 9, 7, 5; id. 1 praef. 12.

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