dream (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig.1. somnio, 12. dormīto, 1 (of one who idly wastes time) • dream (v.): I. Lit.: somnio, 1: there is hardly a night that we do not d., neque ulla fere (nox) est qua non somniemus, Cic.: to d. (of) an egg, ovum s., Cic.: usu. however with de and abl., Cic.: more fully in somnis s., Pl. Phr.: to d. that one sees, in somnis, in quiete videre: v. preced. art, fin. II. Fig.: to indulge in idle thought: 1. somnio, 1: ha! what are you d.ing about? eho quae somnias? Pl.: Cic. 2. dormīto, 1 (of one who idly wastes time): no d.ing now, non nunc tibi dormitandum, Pl.: to d. away the time, tempus d. in otio, Pl. Phr.: to d. away one's life, *quasi per somnos (dormitantem) vitam agere, transire.