1. vĭgil — Lewis & Short
vĭgil, ĭlis (
I gen. plur. vigilium, Liv. 10, 33, 6), adj. vigeo, awake, on the watch, alert (class.; cf.: insomnis, exsomnis).
I Lit.
A Adj.:
prius orto Sole vigil calamum et chartas et scrinia posco,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 113; 1, 2, 37:
vigilum canum excubiae,id. C. 3, 16, 2:
ales,i. e. the cock, Ov. M. 11, 597:
Aurora,id. ib. 2, 112:
custodia,id. ib. 12, 148 et saep.—Transf., of things, wakeful, watchful, etc.:
oculi,Verg. A. 4, 182:
ignis,i. e. always burning, id. ib. 4, 200:
lucernae,night-lamps, Hor. C. 3, 8, 14:
auri vigili bibere,wakeful, listening, Stat. Achill. 2, 119:
nox,Tac. A. 4, 48.—
B Subst.: vĭgil, ĭlis, m., a watchman, sentinel:
clamor a vigilibus fanique custodibus tollitur,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; Liv. 44, 33, 8; Ov. M. 13, 370:
nocturni,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 195.— Of such vigiles there were in Rome, from the time of Augustus, seven divisions, with their prefects and sub-prefects, constituting a regularly organized night-police, Suet. Aug. 30; Dig. 1, 15, 3; 47, 2, 56.—Transf., a sentinel:
mundi (sol et luna),Lucr. 5, 1436 (1434).—Of cocks:
nocturni,Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 46.—
II Trop.:
cura,wakeful, active, Ov. M. 3, 396; 15, 65:
questus,uttered by night, Stat. S. 1, 2, 196.