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Lewis Short
(adjective) : vĭgil, ĭlis (
* Gen. plur. vigilium, Liv. 10, 33, 6), vigeo, awake, on the watch, alert (class.; cf.: insomnis, exsomnis).
* Lit.
* Adj.: prius orto Sole vigil calamum et chartas et scrinia posco,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 113; 1, 2, 37: vigilum canum excubiae,id. C. 3, 16, 2: ales,i. e. the cock,Ov. M. 11, 597: Aurora,id. ib. 2, 112: custodia,id. ib. 12, 148 et saep.—Transf., of things, wakeful, watchful, etc.: oculi,Verg. A. 4, 182: ignis,i. e. always burning,id. ib. 4, 200: lucernae,night-lamps,Hor. C. 3, 8, 14: auri vigili bibere,wakeful, listening,Stat. Achill. 2, 119: nox,Tac. A. 4, 48.
* Trop.: cura,wakeful, active,Ov. M. 3, 396; 15, 65: questus,uttered by night,Stat. S. 1, 2, 196.
* Gen. plur. vigilium, Liv. 10, 33, 6), vigeo, awake, on the watch, alert (class.; cf.: insomnis, exsomnis).
* Lit.
* Adj.: prius orto Sole vigil calamum et chartas et scrinia posco,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 113; 1, 2, 37: vigilum canum excubiae,id. C. 3, 16, 2: ales,i. e. the cock,Ov. M. 11, 597: Aurora,id. ib. 2, 112: custodia,id. ib. 12, 148 et saep.—Transf., of things, wakeful, watchful, etc.: oculi,Verg. A. 4, 182: ignis,i. e. always burning,id. ib. 4, 200: lucernae,night-lamps,Hor. C. 3, 8, 14: auri vigili bibere,wakeful, listening,Stat. Achill. 2, 119: nox,Tac. A. 4, 48.
* Trop.: cura,wakeful, active,Ov. M. 3, 396; 15, 65: questus,uttered by night,Stat. S. 1, 2, 196.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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