edormio

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

ē-dormĭo, īvi or ii, 4, v. n. and a., to sleep out, sleep away; to sleep off (rare, but class.; usually of persons who are intoxicated).

I Neutr. absol. : cumque (vinolenti) edormiverunt, etc., Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 17, 52. —

II Act. , with acc.: edormi crapulam et exhala, Cic. Phil. 2, 12 fin. : nocturnum vinum, Gell. 6, 10 fin. —Poet.: Fufius ebrius olim Cum Ilionam edormit, i. e. sleeps through the part of the sleeping Iliona , * Hor. S. 2, 3, 61: dimidium ex hoc (tempore) edormitur, is slept away , Sen. Ep. 99.

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