dormio

See also: Dormio

Latin

Etymology

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

Verb

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

  1. to sleep
    Synonyms: obdormīscō, obdormiō, dormītō, obdormītō, cubō
    Antonyms: expergīscor, vigilō
    Eō 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
   Conjugation of dormiō (fourth conjugation, active only)
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
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
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 — — —
participles dormiēns — dormītūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dormiendī dormiendō dormiendum dormiendō dormītum dormītū

Descendants

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, 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)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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