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.
awake (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. vĭgĭlans, antis2. vĭgil • awake (adj.): 1. vĭgĭlans, antis: a pilot asleep or a., gubernator dormiens vel v., Cic. 2. vĭgil: being a. before sunrise, I ask for pen and paper, prius orto sole vigil calamum et chartas posco, Hor.
AWAKE, AWAKEN Copy link • AWAKE, AWAKENTRANS., exsuscitare; expergefacere (e somno); excitare (e) somno; suscitare somno or equiete (all stand, also, without e somno, in the figurative sense of arousing). To awake from the dead, aliquem excitare ab inferis; aliquem a morte ad vitam revocare; aliquem ab orco reducem in lacem facere. His conscience is awakened, conscientia mordetur. Fig. Vid. EXCITE, KINDLE, CAUSE.
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).