vigil
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Middle English vigile (“a devotional watching”), from Old French vigile, from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to be strong”).
Related to vigor, and more distantly compare vis and vital, from similar Proto-Indo-European roots and meanings (lively, power, life), via Latin. For use of “live, alive” in sense “watching”, compare qui vive.
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪdʒəl
Noun [edit]
vigil (plural vigils)
- A watch kept during normal sleeping hours, especially over the body of a recently deceased or dying person.
- A period of observation or surveillance.
- The eve of some religious festival in which staying awake is part of the ritual devotions.
Synonyms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
watch
a period of observation or surveillance
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the eve of some religious festival
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to be strong”).
Adjective [edit]
vigil
Noun [edit]
vigil (genitive vigilis); m, third declension
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vigil | vigilēs |
| genitive | vigilis | vigilum |
| dative | vigilī | vigilibus |
| accusative | vigilem | vigilēs |
| ablative | vigile | vigilibus |
| vocative | vigil | vigilēs |
