evigilo
Latin
Etymology
From ex- (“out of, from”) + vigilō (“watch”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈwɪ.ɡɪ.ɫoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈviː.d͡ʒi.lo]
Verb
ēvigilō (present infinitive ēvigilāre, perfect active ēvigilāvī, supine ēvigilātum); first conjugation
- (intransitive) to wake up, awaken
- (intransitive) to be wakeful or vigilant
- (transitive) to watch through the night, pass without sleeping
- (transitive, figuratively) to elaborate carefully, devise, compose, prepare
Conjugation
Conjugation of ēvigilō (first conjugation)
Derived terms
- ēvigilātiō
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: evigilate (learned)
Through variant Vulgar Latin *exvigilāre:
References
- “evigilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “evigilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- evigilo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.