somnus

Latin

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Etymology

Proto-Indo-European *swepnos, *swopnos (“dream”), both from Proto-Indo-European *swep-. Cognates include Ancient Greek ὕπνος (hupnos), Sanskrit स्वप्न (svápna), Old English swefn (English sweven).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈsom.nus/

Noun

somnus (genitive somnī); m, second declension

1. sleep
2. drowsiness, slumber sloth, idleness
3. (figuratively) death

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	somnus	somnī
genitive	somnī	somnōrum
dative	somnō	somnīs
accusative	somnum	somnōs
ablative	somnō	somnīs
vocative	somne	somnī

Derived terms

somniālis somniāliter somniātor somniculōsē somniculōsus

somnifer somnificus somniger somniō

somniōsus somnium somnulentia somnulentus

Descendants

Aromanian: somnu Catalan: son Dalmatian: samno French: sommeil, somme Galician: sono

Italian: sonno Portuguese: sono Romanian: somn Sicilian: sonnu Spanish: sueño