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expergo

expergo, gi, gĭtum, 3, v. a., to awaken, rouse up (cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 80 Müll.; ante- and post-class.).
  • I 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.—
  • II Transf.: istā re juvenum animos expergebat, Gell. 6, 10, 1: animus expergitus, Ap. Apol. p. 302.
  • —Hence, expergĭtē, adv., vigilantly, watchfully, actively: auscultare, Ap. Met. 8, 31, 18; obire munus, id. ib. 2, 23, 19.

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