vigil
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. and V. φυλακή, ἡ, φρουρά, ἡ, τήρησις, ἡ (Eur., Frag.).
Eve: P. ἡ προτεραία (gen.).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vĭgil: ĭlis (
I gen. plur. vigilium, Liv. 10, 33, 6), adj. vigeo, awake, on the watch, alert (class.; cf.: insomnis, exsomnis).
I Lit.
A Adj.: prius orto Sole vigil calamum et chartas et scrinia posco, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 113; 1, 2, 37: vigilum canum excubiae, id. C. 3, 16, 2: ales, i. e. the cock, Ov. M. 11, 597: Aurora, id. ib. 2, 112: custodia, id. ib. 12, 148 et saep.—Transf., of things, wakeful, watchful, etc.: oculi, Verg. A. 4, 182: ignis, i. e. always burning, id. ib. 4, 200: lucernae, night-lamps, Hor. C. 3, 8, 14: auri vigili bibere, wakeful, listening, Stat. Achill. 2, 119: nox, Tac. A. 4, 48.—
B Subst.: vĭgil, ĭlis, m., a watchman, sentinel: clamor a vigilibus fanique custodibus tollitur, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; Liv. 44, 33, 8; Ov. M. 13, 370: nocturni, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 195.— Of such vigiles there were in Rome, from the time of Augustus, seven divisions, with their prefects and sub-prefects, constituting a regularly organized night-police, Suet. Aug. 30; Dig. 1, 15, 3; 47, 2, 56.—Transf., a sentinel: mundi (sol et luna), Lucr. 5, 1436 (1434).—Of cocks: nocturni, Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 46.—
II Trop.: cura, wakeful, active, Ov. M. 3, 396; 15, 65: questus, uttered by night, Stat. S. 1, 2, 196.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
vĭgĭl,¹¹ ĭlis,
1 adj., éveillé, vigilant, attentif : Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 113 ; O. 3, 16, 2 ; Virg. En. 4, 182 ; Ov. M. 11, 597 || vigil ignis Virg. En. 4, 200, feu entretenu sans trêve ; auris Stat. Ach. 2, 119, oreille attentive ; vigilem noctem capessere Tac. Ann. 4, 48, passer une nuit vigilante, en faisant bonne garde
2 qui tient éveillé Ov. M. 3, 396 ; 15, 65
3 subst. m., garde de nuit, veilleur : Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 94 ; Liv. 44, 33, 8 || pl., gardes chargés de la police pendant la nuit, depuis Auguste : Suet. Aug. 30 ; Dig. 1, 15, 3 || fig. [en parl. des coqs] Plin. 10, 46 ; [en parl. du soleil et de la lune] Lucr. 5, 1436.
