English → Latin
“awake” in Latin
expergīscorto awake, to wake up (bestir oneself)expergēfaciōto awaken, wake up; to rouse, arouse, exciteexcitōto call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon; to bring forth: to raise, build; to bring out: to encourage, revive, excite, stvigilōto watch through, spend in watching, do or make while watching; to watch, remain awake, keep or be awake at night; to riexsomnissleepless, watchfulexcubōto lie or sleep outdoors; to keep watch
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
awake
INTR., expergisci, expergefieri (PROP. and figuratively): somno solvi: somno excitari, PROP.: excitari without somno, also figuratively: suddenly, somno excuti. Awaking at the dawn of day, ad primam auroram excitus.
awake adj.
vigilans: exsomnis (one whose eyes no sleep visits). To be awake, vigilare (PROP.); excubare (figuratively, to be watchful, Cic. ad Div., 10, 8, 5): to remain awake the whole night, pervigilare noctem: noctem perpetuis vigiliis agere: noctem insomnen agere (the first two of voluntary, the last of involuntary, sleeplessness).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for awake?
- The usual Latin words for “awake” are expergīscor, expergēfaciō, excitō; also vigilō, exsomnis, excubō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.