LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

dormīscō

dormīscō (present infinitive dormīscere)

Meaning

  1. to fall asleep

Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dormīscōdormīscēbamdormīscam———
2nd sg.dormīscisdormīscēbāsdormīscēs———
3rd sg.dormīscitdormīscēbatdormīscet———
1st pl.dormīscimusdormīscēbāmusdormīscēmus———
2nd pl.dormīscitisdormīscēbātisdormīscētis———
3rd pl.dormīscuntdormīscēbantdormīscent———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dormīscamdormīscerem——
2nd sg.dormīscāsdormīscerēs——
3rd sg.dormīscatdormīsceret——
1st pl.dormīscāmusdormīscerēmus——
2nd pl.dormīscātisdormīscerētis——
3rd pl.dormīscantdormīscerent——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dormīsce—
pres. 2nd pl.dormīscite—
fut. 2nd sg.dormīscitō—
fut. 3rd sg.dormīscitō—
fut. 2nd pl.dormīscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dormīscuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedormīscere—
perfect infinitivedormīscisse—
present participledormīscēns—
gerunddormīscendī, dormīscendō, dormīscendum

dormisco, ĕre, 3,
I. v. inch. [dormio], to fall asleep, Prisc. 824 P.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*drem-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dr̥m-yé-ti
  3. Proto-Italic*dormiō
  4. Latindormīscō

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin -īscō Latin dormīscō From dormiō (“to sleep”) + -īscō (inchoative).

Quick answers

What does dormīscō mean in Latin?
dormīscō, a verb, means “to fall asleep”.
What are the principal parts of dormīscō?
dormīscō, dormīscere (third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems).
Where does dormīscō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *drem- → Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti → Proto-Italic *dormiō → Latin dormīscō.