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dormĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4 (futur. dormibo, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 100: dormibit, Cato R. R. 5, 5), v. n. [Sanscr. R. drā-, drayami, I sleep; Gr. δαρθάνω], to sleep (cf.: dormito, sopio, sterto).

  1. I. Lit., sup.: Quin tu is dormitum? Ph. Dormio, ne occlamites, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 27; cf.: ire dormitum, id. Most. 3, 2, 4; 16; id. Ps. 2, 2, 70; Hor. S. 1, 5, 48; 1, 6, 119 et saep.; cf. also: dormitum dimittitur, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 73.
    Pass. impers.: minimum dormitur in illo (lecto), Juv. 6, 269.
    Prov.: non omnibus dormio, Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 1; cf.: proverbium videtur natum a Cipio quodam, qui Pararhenchon dictus est, quod simularet dormientem, quo impunitius uxor ejus moecharetur; ejus meminit Lucilius, Fest. p. 173, 5 sq. Müll.: in utramvis aurem dormire, v. auris, I.
      1. 2. Poet., in the pass., of time, to be slept through, spent in sleep: nox est perpetua una dormienda, Cat. 5, 6: tota mihi dormitur hiems, Mart. 13, 59.
    1. B. Pregn., of the sleep of death: quid si ego illum tractim tangam ut dormiat? Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 157; cf. ib. 142, and the preceding passage from Cat. 5, 6; Inscr. Orell. 4760; 4808; Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 6, 18 al.
      1. 3. Praegn.: dormire cum aliquo, of sexual intercourse, Juv. 6, 34; 376; Ov. H. 19, 57; Vulg. Gen. 19, 32 et saep.
  2. II. Trop.
    1. A. To rest, be at ease, inactive: hoc vide ut dormiunt pessuli pessumi, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 67; Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 59; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 70; Prop. 3, 6, 34 (4, 5, 34 M.); Juv. 2, 37; Mart. 10, 62.
    2. B. To be careless, unconcerned: uxorem duxit … et inde filiam Suscepit jam unam, dum tu dormis, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 18; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 17, and in eccl. Lat., to be careless in spiritual things, unawakened, Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 30 al.

dormisco, ĕre, 3, v. inch. [dormio], to fall asleep, Prisc. 824 P.

dormītātĭo, ōnis, f. [dormito], sleep (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 131, 4; id. Prov. 23, 21; Hil. in Psa. 118, 4, 7; Hier. in Naum, 3, 18 sq.

dormītātor, ōris, m. [dormito], a sleeper, sluggard, commonly understood of a thief, who sleeps by day and steals by night; but better, in gen., as a dreamer, stupid fellow, only Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 20, and 142 Brix ad loc.

dormītĭo, ōnis, f. [dormio], a sleeping (only ante- and post-class.), Varr. ap. Non. 100, 1 and 2; Vulg. Johan. 11, 13.
In eccl. Lat., death, Tert. Patient. 9; Vulg. 2, Macc. 12, 45 al.; cf. also Inscr. Orell. 4461.

dormīto, āvi, 1, v. freq. n. [id.], to be sleepy, drowsy, to begin to sleep, fall asleep.

  1. I. Lit., Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 175; id. Trin. 1, 2, 133; Cic. Att. 2, 16; id. Div. 1, 28, 59; Hor. A. P. 105.
    1. B. Poet. transf.: jam dormitante lucerna, i. e. going out, Ov. H. 19, 195.
  2. II. Trop., to be dreaming, sluggish, stupid, slow, to linger: ad hoc diei tempus dormitasti in otio. Quin tu abs te socordiam omnem reice, etc., Plaut. As. 2, 1, 5; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 6; id. Trin. 4, 2, 139 Brix; Hor. A. P. 359; Quint. 10, 1, 24 Spald.; 12, 1, 22: oscitans et dormitans sapientia, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144: perditio eorum non dormitat, Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 3.

* dormītor, ōris, m. [dormio], a sleeper, Mart. 10, 4.

dormītōrĭus, a, um, adj. [dormio], of or for sleeping (post-Aug.): cubiculum, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 21: so, membrum, id. ib. 2, 17, 9; and subst., dormitorium, ii, n., a sleeping-room, dormitory, Plin. 30, 6, 17, § 51.