What is the Latin word for doze?

The usual Latin words for “doze” are dormiō, sopōrō, sēmisomnus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“doze” in Latin

dormiōto sleep sopōrōto send asleep; to stupefy sēmisomnushalf-asleep, drowsy

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

doze

leviter dormire: placide dormitare (to be sleepy; to begin to sleep). Dozing, semisomnus, semisopitus (both Cic.): still dozing, fere adhuc dormiens; non satis experrectus (Cic.).

figuratively, To live, etc., in a drowsy state, dormire: dormitare in otio (Plaut.): oscitari et dormitare (Cic.). Dozing, semisomnus (figuratively, Cic.).

TRANS., soporare (Plin., Cels.). To be dozed, semisomnum stupere (Liv. 30, 5).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for doze?: The usual Latin words for “doze” are dormiō, sopōrō, sēmisomnus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.