I.to sleep or fall asleep at, on, or over a thing; constr. with dat., with in, or with abl. (class. only in the trop. signif.).
I. Lit.: “congestis undique saccis Indormis,” Hor. S. 1, 1, 71: “unctis cubilibus,” id. Epod. 5, 69: “alienis amplexibus,” Petr. 79.—
B. Transf., to be asleep, i. e. to be numb, torpid, of a limb, Veg. Vet. 3, 23, 15; 5, 46, 2. —
II. Trop., to go to sleep over a thing, i. e. to do it negligently, be careless about.
(β).
With dat.: “tantae causae,” id. Phil. 2, 12, 30: “longae desidiae,” Plin. Ep. 1, 2, 3: “malis,” heedless, regardless of, Curt. 6, 10, 6.
