pervigilia

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

pervĭgĭlĭa, ae, f. [pervigil],

a watching all night long : pervigiliae malum, Just. 24, 8, 14; Mart. Cap. 1, § 37; cf. Charis. p. 43 P.