dormītĭo, ōnis, f. [dormio], a sleeping (only ante- and post-class.), Varr. ap. Non. 100, 1 and 2; Vulg. Johan. 11, 13. In eccl. Lat., death, Tert. Patient. 9; Vulg. 2, Macc. 12, 45 al.; cf. also Inscr. Orell. 4461.