LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

vigilantia

vigilantia f (genitive vigilantiae)
Classical[wɪ.ɡɪˈɫan.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[vi.d͡ʒiˈlan.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. femininevigilance, alertness
  2. femininewakefulness

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativevigilantiavigilantiae
genitivevigilantiaevigilantiārum
dativevigilantiaevigilantiīs
accusativevigilantiamvigilantiās
ablativevigilantiāvigilantiīs
vocativevigilantiavigilantiae

vĭgĭlantĭa, ae, f. vigilans, from vigilo,
I. wakefulness (class.).
I. Lit.: erat (Plinii) incredibile studium, summa vigilantia, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 8.—Jocosely: fuit (Caninius) mirificā vigilantiā, qui suo toto consulatu somnum non viderit, Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1.—More freq.,
II. Trop., watchful attention, watchfulness, vigilance (syn.: sedulitas, diligentia): Siciliam virtute istius et vigilantiā singulari ... tutam esse servatam, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1; 2, 4, 24, § 54; id. Planc. 25, 62; id. Att. 8, 9, 4; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 44; Quint. 5, 7, 10.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin vigilantia From vigilans + -ia.

Descendants
  • Catalanvigilància
  • Englishvigilance
  • Frenchvigilance
  • Italianvigilanza
  • Occitanvigilància
  • Portuguesevigilância
  • Romanianvigilență
  • Spanishvigilancia
  • Asturianvixilancia
  • Piedmontesevigilansa

In English words that came into English from vigilantia

  • vigilancevigilantia
  • vigilancyvigilantia

Quick answers

What does vigilantia mean in Latin?
vigilantia, a noun, means “vigilance, alertness; wakefulness”.
What is the genitive of vigilantia?
The genitive singular is vigilantiae. vigilantia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce vigilantia?
In classical Latin, [wɪ.ɡɪˈɫan.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [vi.d͡ʒiˈlan.t͡si.a].