evigilo

evigilo

Latin

Etymology

    From ex- (out of, from) + vigilō (watch).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    ēvigilō (present infinitive ēvigilāre, perfect active ēvigilāvī, supine ēvigilātum); first conjugation

    1. (intransitive) to wake up, awaken
    2. (intransitive) to be wakeful or vigilant
    3. (transitive) to watch through the night, pass without sleeping
    4. (transitive, figuratively) to elaborate carefully, devise, compose, prepare

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    • ēvigilātiō

    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.