Definition of expergo
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Orthography ID = 2020968
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LNS
expergō, expergere, expergī, expergitus
ex, pergo
verb (3rd conjugation)
  1. to awaken, rouse up
Abbreviations
expergo, gi, gitum, 3, v. a., to awaken, rouse up (cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 80 Mull.; ante- and post-class.). Lit.: omnes vocis expergit sono, Santra ap. Non. 104, 16 (Com. 4 Rib. p. 228): expergite pectora tarda sopore, Att. ib.: nec quisquam expergitus exstat, awakens (from death), Lucr. 3, 929; Arn. 5, 1.

— Transf.: istā re juvenum animos expergebat, Gell. 6, 10, 1: animus expergitus, App. Mag. p. 302.

—Hence, expergitē, adv., vigilantly, watchfully, actively: auscultare, App. M. 8 fin.: obire munus, id. ib. 2, p. 125, 6.
 
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