LAT
dormito
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Lewis Short
dormīto, āvi, 1
* V. freq. n. [id.], to be sleepy, drowsy, to begin to sleep, fall asleep.
* Lit., Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 175; id. Trin. 1, 2, 133; Cic. Att. 2, 16; id. Div. 1, 28, 59; Hor. A. P. 105.
* Poet. transf.: jam dormitante lucerna,i. e. going out,Ov. H. 19, 195.
* 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.
* V. freq. n. [id.], to be sleepy, drowsy, to begin to sleep, fall asleep.
* Lit., Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 175; id. Trin. 1, 2, 133; Cic. Att. 2, 16; id. Div. 1, 28, 59; Hor. A. P. 105.
* Poet. transf.: jam dormitante lucerna,i. e. going out,Ov. H. 19, 195.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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