dormio

See also: Dormio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *drem-der.
Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti
Proto-Italic *dormjō
Latin dormio

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

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

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    dormiō (present infinitive dormīre, perfect active dormīvī or dormiī, supine dormītum); fourth conjugation, impersonal in the passive

    1. to sleep
      Synonyms: dormītō, 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, impersonal in the 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 — — —
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — dormī — — dormīte —
    future — dormītō dormītō — dormītōte dormiuntō
    passive future — — dormītor — — —
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present dormīre dormīrī dormiēns —
    future dormītūrum esse dormītum īrī dormītūrus dormiendum,
    dormiundum
    perfect dormīvisse,
    dormiisse     		dormītum esse — dormītum
    future perfect — dormītum fore — —
    perfect potential dormītūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    dormiendī dormiendō dormiendum dormiendō dormītum dormītū

    Derived terms

    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[1], 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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