pervĭgĭl
Meaning
- ever watchful
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī numquam dormitpervigil -ilis — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 13, 14
pervĭgĭl, is (collat. form pervĭgĭlis:
I.
cura, App. M. 11, p. 270, 31), adj., ever watchful (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. pernox): pervigil in mediae sidera noctis eras, Ov. Am. 1, 6, 44; id. M. 10, 369: pervigilem draconem, id. ib. 7, 149; id. H. 12, 60: pervigiles et insomnes, Plin. Pan. 63: canis, Sen. Herc. Fur. 809: custodia, Luc. 4, 7: torus, Juv. 15, 43: popinae, i. e. open all night, id. 8, 158.—II. Transf.:
nox, passed without sleep, Just. 12, 13, 7.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
per-vigil is, adj.,
ever watchful: draco, O.: torus, Iu.: popinae, i. e. open all night, Iu.