SOMNUS

Meaning of SOMNUS in English

/som"neuhs/ , n.

the ancient Roman god of sleep, a son of Night and brother of Death.

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SOMNUS — [Roman] The Roman god of sleep, a translation of the Greek Hypnos. Somnus caused the death of Palunurus, the helsman …
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SOMNOLENT — adjective Etymology: Middle English sompnolent, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~us, from somnus sleep; akin to Old English swefn sleep, Greek …
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SOMNIFEROUS — adjective Etymology: Latin somnifer ~, from somnus + -fer -ferous Date: 1602 soporific
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SOMNIFACIENT — adjective Etymology: Latin somnus sleep + English -facient Date: circa 1890 hypnotic 1, ~ noun
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MORPHEUS — In Greek and Roman mythology, the god of dreams. He was one of the sons of Hypnos (Somnus), god of …
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SOPOR — ˈsōpər, -ˌpȯ(ə)r noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin; akin to Latin somnus sleep — more at somnolent : profound or …
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SOMNOLENT — -lənt adjective Etymology: Middle English sompnolent, from Middle French from Latin somnolentus, from somnus sleep; akin to Old English swefn …
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SOMNIAL — ˈsämnēəl adjective Etymology: French, from Late Latin somnialis, from Latin somnium dream + -alis -al; akin to Latin somnus sleep …
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SOMNI- — combining form Etymology: Latin, from somnus : sleep somni facient
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SOMNAMBUL- — combining form Etymology: New Latin, from somnambulus somnambulist, from Latin somnus sleep + -ambulus (as in funambulus funambulist) — more …
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INSOMNIA — ə̇nˈsämnēə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin, from insomnis sleepless (from in- in- (I) + somnus sleep) + -ia — …
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SWEVEN — /swev"euhn/ , n. Archaic. a vision; dream. [ bef. 900; ME; OE swefn; akin to ON sofa to sleep, L …
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SOMNOLENT — — somnolence, somnolency , n. — somnolently , adv. /som"neuh leuhnt/ , adj. 1. sleepy; drowsy. 2. tending to cause …
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SOMNIFIC — /som nif"ik, seuhm-/ , adj. causing sleep; soporific; somniferous. [ 1715-25; somnificus causing sleep, equiv. to somni-, comb. form of …
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SOMNIFEROUS — — somniferously , adv. /som nif"euhr euhs, seuhm-/ , adj. bringing or inducing sleep, as drugs or influences. [ 1595-1605; …
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HYPNOS — /hip"nos/ , n. the ancient Greek god of sleep. [ hýpnos sleep; c. OE swefn, L somnus, Welsh hun; cf. …
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SOPORIFIC — I. -ˈri-fik adjective Etymology: probably from French soporifique, from Latin sopor deep sleep; akin to Latin somnus sleep — more …
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SOMNOLENT — adjective Etymology: Middle English sompnolent, from Anglo-French, from Latin somnolentus, from somnus sleep; akin to Old English swefn sleep, Greek …
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SOMNIFEROUS — adjective Etymology: Latin somnifer somniferous, from somnus + -fer -ferous Date: 1602 : soporific
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SOMNIFACIENT — adjective Etymology: Latin somnus sleep + English -facient Date: circa 1890 : hypnotic 1 • somnifacient noun
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SOMNAMBUL- — Etymology: New Latin, from somnambulus somnambulist, from Latin somnus sleep + -ambulus (as in funambulus funambulist) — more at somnolent …
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INSOMNIA — noun Etymology: Latin, from insomnis sleepless, from in- + somnus sleep — more at somnolent Date: circa 1623 : prolonged …
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SOMNOLENT — [ 'sɒmnəl(ə)nt ] ■ adjective sleepy; drowsy. ↘inducing drowsiness. Derivatives somnolence noun somnolency noun ~ly adverb Origin ME: from OFr. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMNAMBULISM — [ sɒm'nambjʊlɪz(ə)m ] ■ noun sleepwalking. Derivatives somnambulant adjective somnambulist noun somnambulistic adjective Origin C18: from Fr. ~e , from …
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SOPORIFIC — [sop.o.rif.ic] adj [prob. fr. F soporifique, fr. L sopor deep sleep; akin to L somnus sleep--more at somnolent] (1665) 1 …
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SOMNOLENT — [som.no.lent] adj [ME sompnolent, fr. MF, fr. L somnolentus, fr. somnus sleep; akin to OE swefn sleep, Gk hypnos] (15c) …
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SOMNIFEROUS — [som.nif.er.ous] adj [L somnifer somniferous, fr. somnus + -fer -ferous] (1602): soporific
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SOMNIFACIENT — [som.ni.fa.cient] adj [L somnus sleep + E -facient] (ca. 1890): hypnotic 1 -- somnifacient n
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SOMNAMBUL- — [somnambul-] comb form [NL, fr. somnambulus somnambulist, fr. L somnus sleep + -ambulus (as in funambulus funambulist)--more at somnolent]: somnambulism: …
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INSOMNIA — [in.som.nia] n [L, fr. insomnis sleepless, fr. in- + somnus sleep--more at somnolent] (ca. 1623): prolonged and usu. abnormal inability …
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MORPHEUS — in Greco-Roman mythology, one of the sons of Hypnos (Somnus), the god of sleep. Morpheus sends human shapes (Greek morphai) …
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