wakeful Copy link Outline 1. vĭgil2. exsomnis, e (sleepless)3. insomnis, e • wakeful: 1. vĭgil: w. before sunrise, prius orto sole vigil, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 113: w. candles, vigiles lucernae, id. Od. 3, 8, 14. 2. exsomnis, e (sleepless): Tisiphone guards the vestibule w. night and day, Tisiphone vestibulum insomnis servat noctesque diesque, Virg. Aen. 6, 556. 3. insomnis, e: apples ill-guarded by the w. dragon, poma ab insomni male custodita dracone, Ov. M. 9, 190.