vigil

vigil
subs.
P. and V. φῠλᾰκή, ἡ, φρουρά, ἡ, τήρησις, ἡ (Eur. Frag.).
Eve: P. ἡ προτεραία (gen.).

VIGIL

vigilia: pervigilium (through the wholt night). To keep a vigil vigilare: pervigilare.

vigil:

I. Devotional watching:

1. vĭgĭliae, arum: on the v.s of Ceres, Cereris vigiliis, Pl. Aul. prol. 36: ib. 4, 10, 65. [Also in bad sense: enervated by sleep or wanton v.s, somno aut libidinosis v. marcidus, Tac. A. 6, 10 (4).]

2. pervĭgĭlium (lasting all night): the camp neglected in a v., castra pervigilio neglecta, Liv. 23, 35, fin.: to use a thing for v.s, aliquid pervigiliis adhibere, Plin. 18, 12, 32, § 124: to enjoin a v., p. indicere, Suet. Cal. 54, med.: to keep v.s, p. celebrare, Tac. A. 15, 44, post init.: to worship an image by a yearly v., (simulacrum) p. anniversario colere, Suet. Galb. 4, ad fin.

3. pervĭgĭlātio: nightly v.s, nocturnae p., Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 37. Phr.: to keep a v. all night in honour of Venus, Veneri pervigilare, Pl. Curc. 1, 3, 25.

II. The evening preceding a festival: v. EVE (II.). Phr.: v.s (i. e. the practice of sitting up all night) impair the strength of the young, attenuant juvenum vigilatae corpora noctes, cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 735.