dorma

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Etymology[edit]

From the Latin verb dormire (to sleep).

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dorma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative dormaði, supine dormað)

  1. (intransitive) to nap, to sleep, to rest, to be idle

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Verb[edit]

dorma

  1. inflection of dormire:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Quotations[edit]

  • 1926 — Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!... Tu pure, o Principessa, nella tua fredda stanza guardi le stelle che tremano d'amore e di speranza. (Let no one sleep!... Let no one sleep! Even you, o Princess, in your cold room, watch the stars, that tremble with love and with hope.) — Giacomo Puccini, Turandot, aria from the final act of the opera.

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