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dormĭo , īvi or ii, ītum, 4 (
I.futur. dormibo, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 100: “dormibit,Cato R. R. 5, 5), v. n. Sanscr. R. drā-, drayami, I sleep; Gr. δαρθάνω, to sleep (cf.: dormito, sopio, sterto).
I. Lit., sup.: Quin tu is dormitum? Ph. Dormio, ne occlamites, Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 27; cf.: “ire dormitum,id. Most. 3, 2, 4; 16; id. Ps. 2, 2, 70; Hor. S. 1, 5, 48; 1, 6, 119 et saep.; cf. “also: dormitum dimittitur,Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 73.—Pass. impers.: “minimum dormitur in illo (lecto),Juv. 6, 269.—Prov.: “non omnibus dormio,Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 1; cf.: proverbium videtur natum a Cipio quodam, qui Pararhenchon dictus est, quod simularet dormientem, quo impunitius uxor ejus moecharetur; “ejus meminit Lucilius,Fest. p. 173, 5 sq. Müll.: in utramvis aurem dormire, v. auris, I.—
2. Poet., in the pass., of time, to be slept through, spent in sleep: “nox est perpetua una dormienda,Cat. 5, 6: “tota mihi dormitur hiems,Mart. 13, 59.—
B. Pregn., of the sleep of death: “quid si ego illum tractim tangam ut dormiat?Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 157; cf. ib. 142, and the preceding passage from Cat. 5, 6; Inscr. Orell. 4760; 4808; Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 6, 18 al.—
II. Trop.
B. To be careless, unconcerned: “uxorem duxit ... et inde filiam Suscepit jam unam, dum tu dormis,Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 18; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 17, and in eccl. Lat., to be careless in spiritual things, unawakened, Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 30 al.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (16):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.24.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 8.17
    • New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 11.30
    • New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 15.6
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.5.70
    • Plautus, Curculio, 1.2
    • Plautus, Curculio, 1.3
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 3.2
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 2.2
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 3.2
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 19.32
    • Horace, Satires, 1.5.48
    • Ovid, Epistulae, 19.57
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.1
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 10.62
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 13.59
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