Latin

Alternative forms

• adormīscō

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.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “addormisco”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.