evigilo

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

ē-vĭgĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.

I Neutr.

A To wake up , awak , Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8; 9, 36, 1; Quint. 9, 4, 12; Suet. Aug. 78; Stat. S. 5, 3, 128; Vulg. Gen. 28, 16.—

B To be wakeful , vigilant. —Trop.: in quo evigilaverunt curae et cogitationes meae, si? etc., Cic. Par. 2, 17; Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 34.—

II Act. , to watch through , pass without sleeping : nox evigilanda, Tib. 1, 8, 64.—

B Transf., to elaborate carefully , to compose , prepare (cf. elucubro).

1 Lit.: libros, Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 108; cf. Gell. 1, 7, 4.— *

2 Trop.: consilia evigilata cogitationibus, Cic. Att. 9, 12, 1.— Pass. impers. : etsi nobis, qui id aetatis sumus, evigilatum ferest, tamen, etc., we have nearly done with watching or caring for ourselves , Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41.

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