sit up
SIT UP
non ire cubitum (not to go to bed): vigilare: pervigilare noctem (to pass the night awake). To sit-up to the last postremus cubitum eo (opposed to primus cubitu surgo).
non ire cubitum (not to go to bed): vigilare: pervigilare noctem (to pass the night awake). To sit-up to the last postremus cubitum eo (opposed to primus cubitu surgo).
sit up: i. e. not go to bed:
1. vĭgĭlo, 1 (keep awake, whether in bed or not): Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 47: Hor. Pervĭgĭlo, 1 (to remain awake all night): Virg. G. 1, 292 (hiberni ad luminis ignes pervigilat, ferroque faces inspicat acuto, s.s up all night so employed).
2. lūcubro, 1 (to work by candle-light): Liv. 1, 57: esp. with ref. to study: Cic. Par. prooem.
1. vĭgĭlo, 1 (keep awake, whether in bed or not): Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 47: Hor. Pervĭgĭlo, 1 (to remain awake all night): Virg. G. 1, 292 (hiberni ad luminis ignes pervigilat, ferroque faces inspicat acuto, s.s up all night so employed).
2. lūcubro, 1 (to work by candle-light): Liv. 1, 57: esp. with ref. to study: Cic. Par. prooem.