ABSTRACT

Dortc: L Dorirus: Gr D6rikos, adj of D6rios, a Dork: Greek.

dGrmant, dormer, dormiti\'e. dormitory (whence the colt dorm); donnoue.

J. The L diJrmIn (s dorm-), to sleep, has r ·dor-, a var of IE r ·der-; the -m of dormlre represents -em, a fundamental suffix connoting present time: akin to OSI drmriJtI, Gr dorthanein (formed upon the aorist edartben, Homeric edrathon), to sleep, and Skt drdyatf (Ve drd"1, he sleeps.