dormio
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *dormiō, from Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdor.mi.oː/, [ˈd̪ɔrmioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdor.mi.o/, [ˈd̪ɔrmio]
Audio (Classical): (file)
Verb
dormiō (present infinitive dormīre, perfect active dormīvī or dormiī, supine dormītum); fourth conjugation, no passive
- I sleep
- Dormituri te salutant.
- Those (we) who are about to sleep salute you.
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References
- “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
- I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt
- ^ “dormire” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
- ^ 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
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