addormisco

addormisco

Latin

Alternative forms

• adormīscō

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. I fall asleep, go to sleep.

Inflection

• This verb is defective, with only those forms based on the first principal part.

Conjugation of addormisco (third conjugation, defective, 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
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		addormīscere	addormīscendī	addormīscendō	addormīscendum	—	—

Synonyms

• (fall asleep): dormīscō

Related terms

• addormiō
• dormiō
• dormīscō

Descendants

• Galician: adormecer
• Old Portuguese: adormecer
• Portuguese: adormecer
• Spanish: adormecer

References

• 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