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
- P
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..." - T
Liber VII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...secuti sunt. Iam evaserant media castra, cum superscandens vigilum strata somno corpora miles offenso scuto praebuit sonitum..." - G
FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...cuncti egrediuntur relicto bucinatore [in] castris et ad vigilum [speciem] procul visentibus [palis] erexerant fulta [ante portam] recentia..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."