AWAKE Copy link • AWAKE 1. INTR., expergisci, expergefieri (PROP. and figuratively): somno solvi: somno excitari, PROP.: excitari without somno, also figuratively: suddenly, somno excuti. Awaking at the dawn of day, ad primam auroram excitus. 2. adj. vigilans: exsomnis (one whose eyes no sleep visits). To be awake, vigilare (PROP.); excubare (figuratively, to be watchful, Cic. ad Div., 10, 8, 5): to remain awake the whole night, pervigilare noctem: noctem perpetuis vigiliis agere: noctem insomnen agere (the first two of voluntary, the last of involuntary, sleeplessness).