dormio
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See also: Dormio
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdor.mi.oː/, [ˈd̪ɔrmioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdor.mi.o/, [ˈd̪ɔrmio]
Verb
dormiō (present infinitive dormīre, perfect active dormīvī or dormiī, supine dormītum); fourth conjugation, no passive
- 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.
- 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)
- Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.
- parum inquam dormiēs modicum dormitābis pauxillum manūs cōnserēs ut quiēscās
Conjugation
| 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 | ||
Related terms
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Borrowings:
- → Icelandic: dorma
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
- I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt
- 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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