Oxford Latin Dictionary
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somnus sleep
somnus is a Latin Noun that primarily means sleep.
Definitions for somnus
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
sleep
English derivatives:
somnambulate somnambulism somnambulist somniferous somniloquist somnolent insomnia Sominex
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Sleep; (in pl. not usually distinguishable in sense from sg). (b) (in periphrases for death). (c) in ~is, in one's sleep (usu. in references to dreams); sim. per ~um (~os). (d) a spell of sleep. (e) personified, or as a deity.
- 2
Sleepiness, drowsiness, somnolence.
- 3
Addiction to sleep, lethargy, sloth.
Sentences with somnus
Latin to English
Mors est similis somnō.Compare Death is similar to sleep
Cui verba sonosque monstravi questusque et vulnera caeca resolvi, reptantemque solo demissus ad oscula nostra erexi, blandoque sinu iam iamque cadentes exsopire genas dulcesque accesere somnos.Compare I taught thee sounds and words and soothed thy complainings and thy hidden hurts, and as thou didst crawl on the ground, I stooped and lifted thee to my kisses, and lovingly on my bosom lulled to sleep thy drooping eyes, and bade sweet slumber to take thee. [Statius Lament for his son]
Divitias alius fulvo sibi congerat auro et teneat culti iugera multa soli, quem labor adsiduus vicino terreat hoste, Martia cui somnos classica pulsa fugent: me mea paupertas vita traducat inerti, dum meus adsiduo luceat igne focus. (Elegiae, I,1,1)Compare Let others amass riches of yellow gold and own many acres of farmland; let other toil without respite in fear of the nearby enemy, their sleep chased by the blasts of trumpets summoning to battle. For myself, I will be content to lead an inactive life in poverty, provided that my hearth shine with a steady fire.
Nec somnum plebis laudo satur altilium nec otia divitiis Arabum liberrima muto.Compare And do not think that I praise the sleep of the humble while my own belly is with fat capon lined. I have no mind to exchange my ease and freedom for the riches of the Arabs.
Perfugium sum omnis labor et sollicitudo somnus.Compare Sleep is a refuge from all troubles and anxieties.
Non horam tecum esse potes, non otia recte ponere, teque ipsum vitas fugitivus et erro, iam vino quaerens, iam somno fallere Curam; frustra: nam comes atra premit sequiturque fugacem.Compare You cannot bear your own company for an hour together, you cannot employ leisure wisely, you would give yourself the slip, a runaway and a vagrant, seeking now with wine, now with sleep, to cheat Care. In vain: fast as you run Care is at your side or at your heels.
Declension table for somnus
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | somnus | somnī |
| Gen. | somnī | somnōrum |
| Dat. | somnō | somnīs |
| Acc. | somnum | somnōs |
| Voc. | somne | somnī |
| Abl. | somnō | somnīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 174.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1791.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 123.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "somnus, somnī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/somnus-somni.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 174.somnus, somnī on page 174
