dormito

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

dormītō āvī, —, āre, intens.

dormio, to be sleepy, be drowsy, fall asleep : ad lucem graviter: Aut dormitabo aut ridebo, H.: iam dormitante lucernā, i. e. going out , O.—Fig., to nod, drowse, be dull : quandoque dormitat Homerus, H.: dormitans sapientia.