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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of dormiō (“ sleep”)
Participle
dormiēns (genitive dormientis); third-declension one-termination participle
- sleeping
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- dormiens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to rouse, wake some one: (e) somno excitare, dormientem excitare