vigilia

See also: Vigilia and vigília

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin vigilia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋiɡiliɑ/, [ˈʋiɡiˌliɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): vi‧gi‧lia

Noun

vigilia

1. vigil

Declension

Inflection of vigilia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		vigilia	vigiliat
genitive		vigilian	vigilioiden vigilioitten
partitive		vigiliaa	vigilioita
illative		vigiliaan	vigilioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vigilia	vigiliat
accusative	nom.	vigilia	vigiliat
	gen.	vigilian
genitive		vigilian	vigilioiden vigilioitten vigiliain rare
partitive		vigiliaa	vigilioita
inessive		vigiliassa	vigilioissa
elative		vigiliasta	vigilioista
illative		vigiliaan	vigilioihin
adessive		vigilialla	vigilioilla
ablative		vigilialta	vigilioilta
allative		vigilialle	vigilioille
essive		vigiliana	vigilioina
translative		vigiliaksi	vigilioiksi
abessive		vigiliatta	vigilioitta
instructive		—	vigilioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of vigilia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vigiliani vigiliani accusative nom. vigiliani vigiliani gen. vigiliani genitive vigiliani vigilioideni vigilioitteni vigiliaini rare partitive vigiliaani vigilioitani inessive vigiliassani vigilioissani elative vigiliastani vigilioistani illative vigiliaani vigilioihini adessive vigiliallani vigilioillani ablative vigilialtani vigilioiltani allative vigilialleni vigilioilleni essive vigilianani vigilioinani translative vigiliakseni vigilioikseni abessive vigiliattani vigilioittani instructive — — comitative — vigilioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative vigiliasi vigiliasi accusative nom. vigiliasi vigiliasi gen. vigiliasi genitive vigiliasi vigilioidesi vigilioittesi vigiliaisi rare partitive vigiliaasi vigilioitasi inessive vigiliassasi vigilioissasi elative vigiliastasi vigilioistasi illative vigiliaasi vigilioihisi adessive vigiliallasi vigilioillasi ablative vigilialtasi vigilioiltasi allative vigiliallesi vigilioillesi essive vigilianasi vigilioinasi translative vigiliaksesi vigilioiksesi abessive vigiliattasi vigilioittasi instructive — — comitative — vigilioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vigiliamme vigiliamme accusative nom. vigiliamme vigiliamme gen. vigiliamme genitive vigiliamme vigilioidemme vigilioittemme vigiliaimme rare partitive vigiliaamme vigilioitamme inessive vigiliassamme vigilioissamme elative vigiliastamme vigilioistamme illative vigiliaamme vigilioihimme adessive vigiliallamme vigilioillamme ablative vigilialtamme vigilioiltamme allative vigiliallemme vigilioillemme essive vigilianamme vigilioinamme translative vigiliaksemme vigilioiksemme abessive vigiliattamme vigilioittamme instructive — — comitative — vigilioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative vigilianne vigilianne accusative nom. vigilianne vigilianne gen. vigilianne genitive vigilianne vigilioidenne vigilioittenne vigiliainne rare partitive vigiliaanne vigilioitanne inessive vigiliassanne vigilioissanne elative vigiliastanne vigilioistanne illative vigiliaanne vigilioihinne adessive vigiliallanne vigilioillanne ablative vigilialtanne vigilioiltanne allative vigiliallenne vigilioillenne essive vigiliananne vigilioinanne translative vigiliaksenne vigilioiksenne abessive vigiliattanne vigilioittanne instructive — — comitative — vigilioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative vigiliansa vigiliansa accusative nom. vigiliansa vigiliansa gen. vigiliansa genitive vigiliansa vigilioidensa vigilioittensa vigiliainsa rare partitive vigiliaansa vigilioitaan vigilioitansa inessive vigiliassaan vigiliassansa vigilioissaan vigilioissansa elative vigiliastaan vigiliastansa vigilioistaan vigilioistansa illative vigiliaansa vigilioihinsa adessive vigiliallaan vigiliallansa vigilioillaan vigilioillansa ablative vigilialtaan vigilialtansa vigilioiltaan vigilioiltansa allative vigilialleen vigiliallensa vigilioilleen vigilioillensa essive vigilianaan vigilianansa vigilioinaan vigilioinansa translative vigiliakseen vigiliaksensa vigilioikseen vigilioiksensa abessive vigiliattaan vigiliattansa vigilioittaan vigilioittansa instructive — — comitative — vigilioineen vigilioinensa

Further reading

• “vigilia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Interlingua

Noun

vigilia (plural vigilias)

1. vigil

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈd͡ʒi.lja/
• Rhymes: -ilja
• Hyphenation: vi‧gì‧lia

Noun

vigilia f (plural vigilie)

1. vigil
2. eve (day before another specified)

Anagrams

• vigilai, vigliai

Latin

Etymology

From vigil.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iˈɡi.li.a/, [u̯ɪˈɡɪlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈd͡ʒi.li.a/, [viˈd͡ʒiːliä]

Noun

vigilia f (genitive vigiliae); first declension

1. watch, vigil
2. wakefulness
3. city guard, constabulary, police
4. (military, with prīma, secunda, tertia, quārta) a section of night-time, itself divided into four season-dependent vigiliae (the longer the night, the longer the vigilia)
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.12:

     Ubi per exploratores Caesar certior factus est tres iam partes copiarum Helvetios id flumen traduxisse, quartam vero partem citra flumen Ararim reliquam esse, de tertia vigilia cum legionibus tribus e castris profectus ad eam partem pervenit quae nondum flumen transierat.

     When Caesar was made certain that the Helvetii had already conveyed three parts of their army across the river, that a fourth part was still on the other side of the Saone, he broke camp during the third watch (loosely between 12 p.m. and 3 a.m.) to join the same host that had yet to cross the streams.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vigilia	vigiliae
genitive	vigiliae	vigiliārum
dative	vigiliae	vigiliīs
accusative	vigiliam	vigiliās
ablative	vigiliā	vigiliīs
vocative	vigilia	vigiliae

Descendants

• Bourguignon: voille
• → Basque: begira
• Catalan: vigília
• → English: vigil
• French: veille
• Galician: vixilia
• Italian: veglia
• → Old Irish: féil
  • Irish: féile
  • Manx: feaill
  • Scottish Gaelic: fèill
• Portuguese: vigília
• Sicilian: vigghia
• Spanish: vigilia
• Walloon: woeye
• → Welsh: gŵyl

References

• “vigilia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vigilia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vigilia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to place a close line of sentry-posts: vigilias crebras ponere (Sall. Iug. 45. 2)
    
  • to mount guard in the camp: vigilias agere in castris (Verr. 4. 43)
    
  • to make the round of the sentries: circumvenire vigilias (Sall. Iug. 45. 2)
    

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈd͡ʒilja/

Noun

vigilia f (plural vigilie)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biˈxilja/ [biˈxi.lja]
• Rhymes: -ilja
• Syllabification: vi‧gi‧lia

Noun

vigilia f (plural vigilias)

1. wakefulness, being awake
2. watchfulness
3. vigil
4. (religion) fast, abstinence
5. night shift
6. eve (the day or night before)

   Synonym: víspera

Derived terms

• potaje de vigilia

 

Related terms

• vigilar

 

Further reading

• “vigilia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10