vigia

See also: vigía

English

Etymology

From Spanish vigía (“lookout; reef”), from Portuguese vigia, ultimately from Latin vigilare.

Noun

vigia (plural vigias)

1. (nautical) A warning on a navigational chart indicating a reef or other hazard which has been reported but which has not been confirmed to exist, or whose exact location is unknown.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯i.ɡi.a/, [ˈu̯ɪɡiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.d͡ʒi.a/, [ˈviːd͡ʒiä]

Noun

vigia f (genitive vigiae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   Cohæret ab ipso campo et ab ipsa capella da mane sanctæ Mariæ, da meridie Petri de Saravia: et area et ipsa capella cum eodem campo insimul per mensuram justam, cum Cisa sua vigias tres nominative, quas mihi campo ipso ante hos dies per chartam venditionis advenit.

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Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vigia	vigiae
Genitive	vigiae	vigiārum
Dative	vigiae	vigiīs
Accusative	vigiam	vigiās
Ablative	vigiā	vigiīs
Vocative	vigia	vigiae

References

• vigia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• 1. CISA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈʒi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈʒi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈʒi.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈʒi.ɐ/, /vɨˈʒi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈʒi.ɐ/, /vɨˈʒi.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈʒi.ɐ/, /bɨˈʒi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧a

Etymology 1

Deverbal from vigiar.

Noun

vigia f (plural vigias)

1. watch; lookout

   Synonym: vigilância

2. watchtower

   Synonym: atalaia

3. peephole

Descendants

• Spanish: vigía

Noun

vigia m or f by sense (plural vigias)

1. sentinel; lookout (referring to a person, a sentry or guard)

   Synonyms: guarda, sentinela

Etymology 2

Verb

vigia

1. inflection of vigiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of viger
3. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of vigir

Spanish

Verb

vigia

1. inflection of vigiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative