dormiunt

Dormiunt is the third-person plural present indicative active form of the Latin verb dormire, meaning “to sleep.” It translates as “they sleep” or “they are sleeping” in the present tense. Dormire belongs to the fourth conjugation; its present indicative forms follow the regular pattern with the stem dormi-: dormio, dormis, dormit, dormimus, dormitis, dormiunt. The infinitive is dormire, and the perfect passive participle is dormitus.

In usage, dormiunt appears in classical and medieval Latin texts to denote literal sleeping and, less commonly, figurative rest or inactivity. Example: Puellae dormiunt post cenam. The verb form itself marks the subject’s number and person, so an overt subject pronoun is often unnecessary.

The root dorm- links to related verbs in Romance languages, reflecting a common Latin heritage. cognates include Spanish dormir, Italian dormire, and French dormir, all derived from dormire and sharing the core meaning of “to sleep.” Variants for other tenses in Latin follow regular patterns: dormio (I sleep), dormis (you sleep), dormit (he/she/it sleeps), dormimus (we sleep), dormitis (you all sleep), dormiunt (they sleep).

See also: dormire, dormio, dormitus, dormiens, and the related Romance forms dormir/dormire.

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