Dormiverunt

Dormiverunt is a Latin verb form meaning “they slept” or “they have slept.” It is the third-person plural perfect active indicative of dormire, a verb of the fourth conjugation meaning to sleep. The form shows a completed action in the past or with present perfect sense, depending on context.

Morphology and variants: In the fourth conjugation, the perfect active plural typically ends in -ērunt. The dormiv- stem with the -ērunt ending yields dormīvērunt, and in non-diacritic or older spellings you may also see dormivereunt or dormērunt without the -īv-, though dormīvērunt is the standard classical form. Variants like dormērunt (contracted) are also attested in some authors and inscriptions.

Usage: Dormiverunt is used to narrate completed past actions or to report that sleep occurred by multiple subjects. It appears in classical and later Latin texts where a plural subject performs the action of sleeping. The translation is straightforward: “they slept” or “they have slept.” Like other perfect forms, it is distinct from the imperfect and future tenses, which describe ongoing or forthcoming actions.

Examples:

- Puellae dormiverunt. — The girls slept.

- Pueri longam noctem dormiverunt. — The boys slept through a long night.

See also: Dormire and related verb forms in the fourth conjugation, including dormivit and dormiunt for other persons and tenses.