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pervĭgĭl , is (collat. form pervĭgĭlis :
I.cura,App. M. 11, p. 270, 31), adj., ever watchful (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. “pernox): pervigil in mediae sidera noctis eras,Ov. Am. 1, 6, 44; id. M. 10, 369: “pervigilem draconem,id. ib. 7, 149; id. H. 12, 60: “pervigiles et insomnes,Plin. Pan. 63: “canis,Sen. Herc. Fur. 809: “custodia,Luc. 4, 7: “torus,Juv. 15, 43: “popinae,” i. e. open all night, id. 8, 158.—
II. Transf.: “nox,passed without sleep, Just. 12, 13, 7.
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