MORPHEUS Meaning of MORPHEUS in English Mor ‧ phe ‧ us /ˈmɔːfiəs, -fjuːs $ ˈmɔːr-/ BrE AmE in the arms of Morpheus literary asleep. The word comes from Morpheus, the ancient Greek God of dreams. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012