LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

dormītiō

dormītiō f (genitive dormītiōnis)

Meaning

  1. sleep, sleeping

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativedormītiōdormītiōnēs
genitivedormītiōnisdormītiōnum
dativedormītiōnīdormītiōnibus
accusativedormītiōnemdormītiōnēs
ablativedormītiōnedormītiōnibus
vocativedormītiōdormītiōnēs

dormītĭo, ōnis, f. dormio,
I. a sleeping (only ante- and post-class.), Varr. ap. Non. 100, 1 and 2; Vulg. Johan. 11, 13.—In eccl. Lat., death, Tert. Patient. 9; Vulg. 2, Macc. 12, 45 al.; cf. also Inscr. Orell. 4461.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dormītiō From dormiō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Englishdormitionfrom Middle French dormition

In English words that came into English from dormītiō

  • dormitiondormītiōnem

Quick answers

What does dormītiō mean in Latin?
dormītiō, a noun, means “sleep, sleeping”.
What is the genitive of dormītiō?
The genitive singular is dormītiōnis. dormītiō is feminine, third declension.
Where does dormītiō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *drem- → Proto-Indo-European *dr̥m-yé-ti → Proto-Italic *dormiō → Latin dormītiō.