awake (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To rouse from sleep1. excĭto, 1 (usu. with e somno)2. suscĭto, 1 (usu. with some defining expression)3. exsuscĭto, 1 (stronger than the simple verb4. expergĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3 (with e somno)II. To rouse from inattention or inactionB. Intrans. • awake (v.): A. Trans.: I. To rouse from sleep: 1. excĭto, 1 (usu. with e somno): to a. the drowsy spectators, dormientes spectatores e somno e., Pl.: pray do not a. me, quaeso ne me e somno excitetis, Cic. Fig.: you would have awaked his father from the dead, patrem ejus a mortuis excitasses, Cic. 2. suscĭto, 1 (usu. with some defining expression): my wife a.s me, uxor me somno s., Pl.: Cic.: he a.s you from gentle repose, te quiete e molli suscitat, Cat. 3. exsuscĭto, 1 (stronger than the simple verb: v. to arouse): the crowing of cocks a.s you, te gallorum cantus e., Cic. 4. expergĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum, 3 (with e somno): he was awaked from sleep, expergefactus est e somno, Suet. II. To rouse from inattention or inaction: v. to arouse, rouse. B. Intrans.: expergiscor, perrectus, 3: if you are asleep, awake! si dormis, expergiscere! Cic.: I awoke at daybreak, simul cum sole experrectus sum, Cic.: Hor. Fig.: the nobility having awoke, restored the constitution, experrecta nobilitas rempublicam recuperavit, Cic. Phr.: he departed, I awoke, ille discessit, ego somno solutus sum, Cic.: I a., excutior somno, Virg. (also to a. may generally be expr. by the pass. of verbs to a. [trans.]: q. v.): v. to wake.