dormitio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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.