vigia

See also: vigía

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish vigía (“lookout; reef”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Portuguese vigia, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vigilare.

Noun

vigia (plural vigias)

1. (nautical) A warning on a navigational chart indicating a possible reef or other hazard of unknown exact location.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from vigiar.

Noun

vigia f (plural vigias)

1. watch; lookout
2. watchtower
3. peephole

Synonyms

• (watch): vigilância
• (watchtower): atalaia

Descendants

• Spanish: vigía

Noun

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

Synonyms

• (sentinel): guarda, sentinela

Verb

vigia