expergiscor

expergiscor, perrectus, 3 (archaic inf. praes. expergiscier, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 1), v. dep. (act. form in the imperf. subj. expergisceret, Pompon. ap. Non. 473, 6), n. [expergo], to be awakened, to awake (class.).

I.

Lit.: si dormis, expergiscere. Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3:

itaque simul ut experrecti sumus, visa illa contemnimus,

id. Ac. 2, 16, 51; id. Div. 1, 28, 59; id. Att. 13, 38, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 33.—

II.

Transf., to awake, to rouse or bestir one's self, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 21; Plaut. As. 2, 1, 1:

experrecta nobilitas armis atque ferro rem publicam recuperavit,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 141:

quin igitur expergiscimini?

Sall. C. 20, 14; Vulg. Joel, 1, 5.—Hence, * experrectus, a, um, P. a., awakened, aroused, vigilant:

ut sint apes experrectiores,

Col. 9, 7, 5; id. 1 praef. 12.