dormio

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *dormjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (to run, sleep).[1][2]

Cognates include Old Church Slavonic дрѣмати (drěmati, to drowse, doze), Russian дрема́ть (dremátʹ), Sanskrit द्राति (drāti, to sleep), Ancient Greek δαρθάνω (darthánō, I sleep).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dormiō (present infinitive dormīre, perfect active dormīvī or dormiī, supine dormītum); fourth conjugation, no passive

  1. to sleep
    Synonyms: dormītō, cubō
    Antonyms: expergīscor, vigilō
    dormītum.
    I'm going to sleep.
    Dormītūrī tē salūtant.
    Those (we) who are about to sleep salute you.
    • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, Carmina 5:
      Nōbīs cum semel occidit brevis lūx, nox est perpetua ūna dormienda.
      When the brief light has set on us, we must sleep one eternal night.
    • 65 BCE – 8 BCE, Horace, Sermones 2.1.7:
      vērum nequeō dormīre
      In truth, I can't sleep.
    • 4th-century CE, Jerome of Stridon (St. Jerome), Vulgate, 24:27:
      parum inquam dormiēs modicum dormitābis pauxillum manūs cōnserēs ut quiēscās
      Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.
      (trans. Douay-Rheims Bible)

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of dormiō (fourth conjugation, impersonal in passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dormiō dormīs dormit dormīmus dormītis dormiunt
imperfect dormiēbam dormiēbās dormiēbat dormiēbāmus dormiēbātis dormiēbant
future dormiam dormiēs dormiet dormiēmus dormiētis dormient
perfect dormīvī,
dormiī
dormīvistī,
dormiistī
dormīvit,
dormiit
dormīvimus,
dormiimus
dormīvistis,
dormiistis
dormīvērunt,
dormīvēre,
dormiērunt,
dormiēre
pluperfect dormīveram,
dormieram
dormīverās,
dormierās
dormīverat,
dormierat
dormīverāmus,
dormierāmus
dormīverātis,
dormierātis
dormīverant,
dormierant
future perfect dormīverō,
dormierō
dormīveris,
dormieris
dormīverit,
dormierit
dormīverimus,
dormierimus
dormīveritis,
dormieritis
dormīverint,
dormierint
passive present dormītur
imperfect dormiēbātur
future dormiētur
perfect dormītum est
pluperfect dormītum erat
future perfect dormītum erit
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dormiam dormiās dormiat dormiāmus dormiātis dormiant
imperfect dormīrem dormīrēs dormīret dormīrēmus dormīrētis dormīrent
perfect dormīverim,
dormierim
dormīverīs,
dormierīs
dormīverit,
dormierit
dormīverīmus,
dormierīmus
dormīverītis,
dormierītis
dormīverint,
dormierint
pluperfect dormīvissem,
dormiissem
dormīvissēs,
dormiissēs
dormīvisset,
dormiisset
dormīvissēmus,
dormiissēmus
dormīvissētis,
dormiissētis
dormīvissent,
dormiissent
passive present dormiātur
imperfect dormīrētur
perfect dormītum sit
pluperfect dormītum esset,
dormītum foret
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dormī dormīte
future dormītō dormītō dormītōte dormiuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dormīre dormīvisse,
dormiisse
dormītūrum esse dormīrī dormītum esse
participles dormiēns dormītūrus dormītum dormiendum,
dormiundum
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dormiendī dormiendō dormiendum dormiendō dormītum dormītū
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Descendants

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References

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  • dormio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dormio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dormio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt
    • to sleep soundly (from fatigue): arte, graviter dormire (ex lassitudine)
    • to sleep on into the morning: in lucem dormire
  1. ^ “dormire” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN