Latin edit

Etymology edit

From ad- (to, towards, at) +‎ dormīscō (fall asleep).

Verb edit

addormīscō (present infinitive addormīscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. to fall asleep, go to sleep

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of addormīscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present addormīscō addormīscis addormīscit addormīscimus addormīscitis addormīscunt
imperfect addormīscēbam addormīscēbās addormīscēbat addormīscēbāmus addormīscēbātis addormīscēbant
future addormīscam addormīscēs addormīscet addormīscēmus addormīscētis addormīscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present addormīscam addormīscās addormīscat addormīscāmus addormīscātis addormīscant
imperfect addormīscerem addormīscerēs addormīsceret addormīscerēmus addormīscerētis addormīscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present addormīsce addormīscite
future addormīscitō addormīscitō addormīscitōte addormīscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives addormīscere
participles addormīscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
addormīscendī addormīscendō addormīscendum addormīscendō

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Descendants edit

  • Old Galician-Portuguese: adormecer, dormecer
    • Galician: adormecer
    • Portuguese: adormecer
  • Spanish: adormecer

References edit

  • addormisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • addormisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.