Adjectives

(s)dormant, hibernating, torpidin a condition of biological rest or suspended animation“dormant buds”, “a hibernating bear”, “torpid frogs”
(a)dormant, inactive(of e.g. volcanoes) not erupting and not extinct“a dormant volcano”
(s)dormant, sleepinglying with head on paws as if sleeping
(s)abeyant, dormantinactive but capable of becoming active“her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened”