evigilo
Latin
Etymology
From ex- (“out of, from”) + vigilō (“watch”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eːˈu̯i.ɡi.loː/, [eːˈu̯ɪɡɪɫ̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈvi.d͡ʒi.lo/, [eˈviːd͡ʒilo]
Verb
ēvigilō (present infinitive ēvigilāre, perfect active ēvigilāvī, supine ēvigilātum); first conjugation
- (intransitive) I wake up, awaken.
- (intransitive) I am wakeful or vigilant.
- (transitive) I watch through the night, pass without sleeping.
- (transitive, figuratively) I elaborate carefully, devise, compose, prepare.
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Descendants
- Sicilian: svigghiari, svigliari
- Spanish: desvelar
- Venetian: svejar, svegiar
References
- “evigilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “evigilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- evigilo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.