vigil ilis (gen plur. once, vigilium, L.), adj.
VEG-, awake, on the watch, alert: prius orto Sole vigil scrinia posco, H.: ales, i. e. the cock, O. —As subst m., a watchman, sentinel: clamor a vigilibus tollitur: vigiles scutum in vigiliam ferre vetuit, L.—Fig., wakeful, watchful, restless, active: curae, O.: ignis, i. e. always burning, V.: lucernae, night-lamps, H.