vigilantia Latin · revision 10050

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Terence|origins=la vigil}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [wɪ.ɡɪˈɫan.ti.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [vi.d͡ʒiˈlan.t͡si.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''vigilantia''' ''f'' (genitive vigilantiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|vigilāns|-ia|t1=watchful]], from [[vigilō]] “to keep awake”, from [[vigil]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Terence, of vigilance.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant watchfulness, vigilance, alertness, as in Terence and Cicero, and in Pliny the Younger wakefulness, the habit of staying awake, as of his uncle's ''summa vigilantia''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means vigilance, watchfulness, wakefulness.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for nocturnal prayers.^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''vigilance'' (1560s) is from it through French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1560s – English ''vigilance'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|vigilance|alt=Vigilance]], alertness.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # [[m|en|wakefulness|alt=Wakefulness]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Night prayers.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[vigilāns]]

+ * [[vigilō]]

+ * [[vigilia]]

+ * [[en|vigilance]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}