vigil

vigil ilis (genplur. once, vigilium, L.), adj.

VEG-, awake, on the watch, alert : prius orto Sole vigil scrinia posco, H.: ales, i. e. the cock , O.—As subst m., a watchman, sentinel : clamor a vigilibus tollitur: vigiles scutum in vigiliam ferre vetuit, L.—Fig., wakeful, watchful, restless, active : curae, O.: ignis, i. e. always burning , V.: lucernae, night-lamps , H.