wake (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.1. excĭto, 12. suscĭto, 13. exsuscĭto, 14. expergefăcio, fēci, factus, 3B. Intrans.1. expergiscor, perrectus, 32. expergefio, factus3. somno solvor (to be loosed from sleep) • wake (v.): A. Trans.: 1. excĭto, 1: to w. any one from sleep, e somno aliquem excitare, Cic. Rep. 6, 12: to w. from the dead, a mortuis e., id. de Or. 1, 57, 245. 2. suscĭto, 1: to w. any one from sleep, e somno aliquem s., Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: he w.s the silent Muse, suscitat tacentem Musam, Hor. Od. 2, 10, 19. 3. exsuscĭto, 1: the crowing of the cocks w.s you, te gallorum cantus ex., Cic. Mur. 9, 22. 4. expergefăcio, fēci, factus, 3: w.d from sleep, expergefactus e somno, Suet. Cal. 6: Fig.: if you could w. yourself, si te expergefacere posses, Cic. Verr. 5, 15, 38. B. Intrans.: 1. expergiscor, perrectus, 3: if you sleep, w., si dormis, expergiscere, Cic. Att. 2, 23, ad fin.: Fig.: why then w. ye not? quin igitur expergiscimini? Sall. C. 20, ad fin. 2. expergefio, factus: see above. 3. somno solvor (to be loosed from sleep): he departed, I woke, ille discessit, ego somno solutus sum, Cic. Rep. 6, 26, 29. Phr.: between sleeping and waking, semisomnus, semisomnis, Cic.: Liv.: Tac.: v. to awake.