advigilo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ad-vĭgĭlo, āre, 1, v. n., to watch by or at, to keep guard over, to be watch ful, vigilant for; constr. with ad or dat., Rudd. II. p. 136

I Lit.: ad custodiam ignis, Cic. Leg. 2, 12: parvo nepoti, Tib. 2, 5, 93: vallo, Claud. Eutr. 2, 419.—

II Fig., to bestow care or attention upon a thing , to watch , to watch for.

α Absol. : exquire, heus tu, advigila, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 63: tanto magis te advigilare aequomst, Ter. Phorm. 204: si advigilaveris, id. And. 673.—

β With pro : si advigilamus pro rei dignitate, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 57 fin.

γ With dat.: stupris, Claud. L. Stil. 2, 140: sibi, Manil. 1, 81.

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