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, “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

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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