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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.
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 (8):
    • New Testament, Hebrews, 13.17
    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 35.98
    • Plautus, Curculio, 1.3
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.291
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.1
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 1.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 24, 38
    • Ovid, Fasti, 6
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