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Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)

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Latin > English

vigilia vigiliae N F :: watch (fourth part of the night), vigil, wakefulness

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

vĭgĭlĭa: ae, f. (
I neutr. collat. form vĭgĭ-lĭum, Varr. ap. Non. p. 232, 4) vigil.
I Lit.
   A In gen., wakefulness, sleeplessness, a lying awake: ut neque vigilia praecesserit neque ventris resolutio, Cels. 2, 6: corporum robora nocturnā vigiliā minuere, id. 1 init.: cui non sunt auditae Demosthenis vigiliae? Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44; id. Par. prooem. § 5.—
   B In partic.
   1    Lit., a keeping awake for the security of a place, esp. of a city or camp, a watching, watch, guard (cf.: excubiae, statio): noctu vigilias agere ad aedes sacras, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 93: vestra tecta custodiis vigiliisque defendite, id. Cat. 2, 12, 26: exercitus stationibus vigiliisque fessus, Liv. 5, 48, 6: vigiles scutum in vigiliam ferre vetuit, to take on guard, id. 44, 33, 8: vigiliarum nocturnarum curam per urbem magistratibus mandavimus, id. 39, 16, 12.—
   b Transf.
   (a)    A watch, i. e. the time of keeping watch by night, among the Romans a fourth part of the night: nox in quattuor vigilias dividitur, quae singulae trium horarum spatio supputantur, Hier. Ep. 140, 8: primā vigiliā capite arma frequentes, Liv. 5, 44, 7; 10, 34, 13; 21, 27, 2: cum puer tuus ad me secundā fere vigiliā venisset, Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 4: de tertiā vigiliā, Caes. B. G. 1, 12: tertiā vigiliā, id. ib. 2, 33; Liv. 9, 44, 10: de quartā vigiliā, Caes. B. G. 1, 40.—
   (b)    The watch, i. e. those standing on guard, watchmen, sentinels: milites disponit, non certis spatiis intermissis sed perpetuis vigiliis stationibusque, Caes. B. C. 1, 21; 2, 19; Cic. Mil. 25, 67; Sall. C. 32, 1; id. J. 45, 2; 100, 4; Liv. 39, 14, 10.—
   2    A watching at religious festivals, nightly vigils: Cereris vigiliae, Plaut. Aul. prol. 36; 4, 10, 65.—
II Trop., watchfulness, vigilance (the figure taken from military sentinels; perh. only in the foll. passages; whereas vigilantia is far more freq.): ut vacuum metu populum Romanum nostrā vigiliā et prospicientiā redderemus, Cic. Phil. 7, 7, 19; cf.: quasi in vigiliā quādam consulari ac senatoriā, id. ib. 1, 1, 1: cupio jam vigiliam meam, Brute, tibi tradere: sed ita, ut ne desim constantiae meae, my post, i. e. my office, duty, id. Fam. 11, 24, 1.—Plur.: cum summis vigiliis aliquid perficere, Just. Inst. prooem. § 1.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

vĭgĭlĭa,⁸ æ, f. (vigil),
1 veille : Cic. Tusc. 4, 44 ; Par. 5 ; Cæs. G. 5, 31, 4 || insomnie : Cels. Med. 2, 6, etc.
2 [en part.] a) garde de nuit : vigilias agere ad sedes sacras Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 93, veiller la nuit près des temples, cf. Cic. Cat. 2, 26 ; Liv. 5, 48, 6 ; 44, 33, 8 ; b) faction de nuit, veille [la nuit est divisée en quatre veilles] : secunda fere vigilia venire Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 4, venir à la seconde veille environ ; de tertia vigilia Cæs. G. 1, 12, 2, en prenant sur la troisième veille = au cours de la troisième veille, cf. Cæs. G. 1, 21, 3, etc. ; c) gardien qui veille, sentinelle, poste : Cæs. C. 1, 21 ; 2, 39, 1 ; Cic. Mil. 67 ; Sall. C. 32, 1 ; J. 45, 2 ; Liv. 39, 14, 10
3 veillée religieuse : Pl. Aul. 36 ; 788
4 [fig.] a) = vigilance : Cic. Phil. 7, 19 ; b) poste de veille, garde : Cic. Fam. 11, 24, 1.

Latin > German (Georges)

vigilia, ae, f. (vigil), das Wachen, I) im allg.: a) übh., das Wachen, das Nachtwachen, Plur. auch = durchwachte Nächte, patiens vigiliae, Sall.: cum vigilia labor, Cels.: Demosthenis vigiliae, Cic.: cuius omnes vigilias in stupris constat esse consumptas, der bekanntermaßen alle Nächte in Buhlschaft u. Ehebruch hingebracht hat, Cic. – b) als krankhafter Zustand, die Schlaflosigkeit bei Tag und bei Nacht (Ggstz. somnus), senum, Cels.: nocturna, Cels.: continuatā nocte et die vigiliā, Cels.: cum somnus (Schlafsucht) aut vigilia urget, Cels. – II) insbes.: A) das Wachen zur Sicherheit eines Ortes, bes. der Stadt od. des Lagers, die Wache, 1) eig. u. meton.: a) eig.: vigilias agere (Wache halten) ad aedes sacras, Cic., in porta, Liv.: vigilias servare, Tac.: scutum ferre in vigiliam, auf die Wache, zur Wache, Liv.: vestra tecta custodiis vigiliisque defendite, Cic.: cura vigiliarum nocturnarum, Liv. – b) meton.: α) die Zeit der Nachtwache, bei den Römern der vierte Teil der Nacht, prima vigilia, Liv.: secunda, Liv.: tertia, Caes.: quarta, Liv. – β) die Wache haltenden Soldaten, die Wache, der Wachtposten, si excubiae, si vigiliae, si delecta iuventus, Cic.: urbs vigiliis munita, Cic.: vigilias ponere, Sall.: vigilias disponere, Liv.: vigilias circuire, die Runde machen, Sall. – γ) die Wache = das Wachthaus, Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 1139 (wo synk. Akk. Plur. viglias). – 2) bildl., die Wachsamkeit, die unermüdliche Tätigkeit, der unermüdete Eifer, die unermüdete Fürsorge eines Staatsmannes auf seinem Posten (Ggstz. somnus), labore, vigiliā, periculo invictus, Vell.: ut vacuum metu populum Romanum nostrā vigiliā et prospicientiā redderemus, Cic.: ubi res vigiliam exigeret, exsomnis, Vell.: in somnum a vigiliis, ab armis ad voluptates conversa civitas, Vell. – dah. meton., cupio iam vigiliam meam tibi tradere, meinen Posten (mein Amt), Cic. ep. 11, 24, 1. – B) als relig. t.t., das Wachen zu religiöser Feier, die nächtliche Feier, Cereris vigiliae, Plaut. aul. prol. 36 u. 795.

Spanish > Greek

ἔγερσις, τὸ γρήγορον, ἀγρυπνία, ἐγρηγόρησις, γρηγορία, ἀϋπνοσύνη, γρήγορσις, ἀϋπνία, ἀπαυλία, ἔγρησις, διανυκτέρευσις