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obdormisco

to fall asleep

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Where it lives

Divus Vespasianus 1 · 3.13/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 1 · 0.18/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

obdormisco — Lewis & Short

obdormisco, ĕre,

I v. inch. n. [obdormio], to fall asleep (rare but class.): ibidem obdormiscemus, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 33; id. Am. 1, 1, 116: quid melius, quam in mediis vitae laboribus obdormiscere, * Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117: in jure dicendo, Suet. Claud. 33: post cibum, id. ib. 8: cantante eo, id. Vesp. 4: testudines summā in aquā obdormiscere, Plin. 9, 10, 12, § 36.

In the wild

obdormisceret Suetonius, Divus Claudius 33.2
obdormiscere Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 9.10.p1
obdormiscere Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 1.117
obdormisceret Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus 4.4.p2

Where it came from

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