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Meaning of vigilia | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[wɪˈɡɪ.li.a]

Definitions

  1. watch, vigil
    declension-1, feminine
  2. wakefulness
    declension-1, feminine
  3. city guard, constabulary, police
    declension-1, feminine
  4. a section of night-time, itself divided into four season-dependent vigiliae (the longer the night, the longer the vigilia)
    declension-1, feminine

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Examples

“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 a.m. and 3 a.m.) to join the same host that had yet to cross the streams.

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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