evigilo

ē-vĭgĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.

I.

Neutr.

A.

To wake up, awak, Plin. Ep. 1, 5, 8; 9, 36, 1; Quint. 9, 4, 12; Suet. Aug. 78; Stat. S. 5, 3, 128; Vulg. Gen. 28, 16.—

B.

To be wakeful, vigilant. — Trop.:

in quo evigilaverunt curae et cogitationes meae, si? etc.,

Cic. Par. 2, 17; Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 34.—

II.

Act., to watch through, pass without sleeping:

nox evigilanda,

Tib. 1, 8, 64.—

B.

Transf., to elaborate carefully, to compose, prepare (cf. elucubro).

1.

Lit.:

libros,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 108; cf. Gell. 1, 7, 4.—

* 2.

Trop.:

consilia evigilata cogitationibus,

Cic. Att. 9, 12, 1.— Pass. impers.: etsi nobis, qui id aetatis sumus, evigilatum ferest, tamen, etc., we have nearly done with watching or caring for ourselves, Cic. Rep. 3, 29, 41.