vigilum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vigil, (gen.), vigilis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
awake, wakeful; watchful; alert, vigilant, paying attention;
gen. pl. (all) - Entry →vigil, vigilis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sentry, guard; fireman, member of Roman fire/police brigade; watchman;
gen. pl.
Examples
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...rebus procurate, viri, et pugnam sperate parari.' interea vigilum excubiis obsidere portas cura datur Messapo et moenia cingere..."Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...secuti sunt. Iam evaserant media castra, cum superscandens vigilum strata somno corpora miles offenso scuto praebuit sonitum..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...cuncti egrediuntur relicto bucinatore [in] castris et ad vigilum [speciem] procul visentibus [palis] erexerant fulta [ante portam] recentia..."Liber XI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...consciis tradi ad supplicium iubet. Decrius quoque Calpurnianus vigilum praefectus, Sulpicius Rufus ludi procurator, Iuncus Vergilianus senator eadem..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...esse illi proprium militem cohortium urbanarum, nec defuturas vigilum cohortis, servitia ipsorum, fortunam partium, et omnia prona victoribus..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...Tigellinus obscuris parentibus, foeda pueritia, impudica senecta, praefecturam vigilum et praetorii et alia praemia virtutum, quia velocius erat..."