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pervĭgĭlĭum , ii, n. id.,
I.a watching all night, a remaining awake or sitting up all night long.
I. In gen., Plin. 11, 53, 118, § 283: “pervigilio fatigati,” Just. 13, 8, 6: “inter cotidiana pervigilia fessus,” Sen. Ira, 3, 29, 1.—
II. In partic., a devotional watching, a vigil: “castra pervigilio neglecta, Liv 23, 35: celebrare,” Tac. A. 15, 44: “indicere,” Suet. Calig. 54: “pervigilio anniversario colere,” id. Galb. 4: “agere,” id. Vit. 10; Plin. 18, 12, 32, § 124: Pervigilium Veneris, the name of a little Latin poem by an unknown author, of perhaps the second century A. D.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 54
    • Suetonius, Vitellius, 10
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.44
    • Suetonius, Galba, 4
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 18.124
    • Seneca, de Ira, 3.29.1
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