verb deponent

expergiscor

2nd PP expergiscī · 3rd PP expergiscperrectus · conj. 3rd

to be awakened; to awake

inf. praes. expergiscier, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 1), v. dep. (act. form in the imperf. subj. expergisceret, Pompon. ap. Non. 473, 6), n. expergo, to be awakened, to awake (class.).

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Lit.: si dormis, expergiscere. Cic. Att. 2, 23, 3: itaque simul ut experrecti sumus, visa illa contemnimus, id. Ac. 2, 16, 51; id. Div. 1, 28, 59; id. Att. 13, 38, 1; Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 33.—

to awake; to rouse; bestir one's self by extension •

Transf., to awake, to rouse or bestir one's self, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 21; Plaut. As. 2, 1, 1: experrecta nobilitas armis atque ferro rem publicam recuperavit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 49, 141: quin igitur expergiscimini? Sall. C. 20, 14; Vulg. Joel, 1, 5.—Hence, * experrectus, a, um, P. a., awakened, aroused, vigilant: ut sint apes experrectiores, Col. 9, 7, 5; id. 1 praef. 12.

Perseus ID: n17018 Key: expergiscor