pervigilia

οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pervĭgĭlĭa: ae, f. id.,
I a watching all night long: pervigiliae malum, Just. 24, 8, 14; Mart. Cap. 1, § 37; cf. Charis. p. 43 P.