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obdormisco

obdormisco, to fall asleep

obdormisco, ĕre, v. inch. n. [obdormio],
  • to fall asleep (rare but class.): ibidem obdormiscemus, Plaut. Rud. 2, 7, 33 (591); id. Am. 1, 1, 116 (268): 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.

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