pervĭgĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n.,
I to remain awake or watch all night; to remain awake during , to watch through any period: continuas has tris noctis pervigilavi pessume, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 158; id. Aul. 1, 1, 33: vigilare leve est, pervigilare grave, Mart. 6, 69, 9 and 10: noctem, Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 98: in armis, Liv. 24, 38: ad luminis ignes, Verg. G. 1, 291: nox pervigilata in mero, watched through , i. e. spent without sleep , Ov. F. 6, 326: sollicitas trivio pervigilare moras, Prop. 1, 16, 40: Veneri, to keep a vigil all night in honor of Venus , Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 25.—
II Transf., to keep watch , to watch : et tecum longos pervigilare dies, Tib. 3, 6, 54; cf.: ipsi pervigilant, quasi rationem pro animabus vestris reddituri, Vulg. Heb. 13, 17.