expergo

expergo, gi, gĭtum, 3, v. a., to awaken, rouse up (cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 80 Müll.; ante- and post-class.).

I.

Lit.: omnes vocis expergit sono, Santra ap. Non. 104, 16 (Com. 4 Rib. p. 228): expergite pectora tarda sopore, Att. ib.: nec quisquam expergitus exstat, awakens (from death), Lucr. 3, 929; Arn. 5, 1.—

II.

Transf.:

istā re juvenum animos expergebat,

Gell. 6, 10, 1:

animus expergitus,

App. Mag. p. 302.—Hence, expergĭtē, adv., vigilantly, watchfully, actively:

auscultare,

App. M. 8 fin.:

obire munus,

id. ib. 2, p. 125, 6.