Morpheus
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[edit]Etymology
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Borrowed from Latin Morpheus (possibly coined by Ovid in his Metamorphoses as the god is not mentioned in earlier works), from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús), from μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”) (alluding to the fact that Morpheus appeared in dreams in the forms of different people) + -εύς (-eús, suffix forming masculine nouns indicating persons concerned with particular things).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.fɪ.əs/, /ˈmɔː.fjuːs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹ.fɪ.əs/, /ˈmɔɹˌfjus/
- Hyphenation: Mor‧phe‧us
Proper noun
[edit]Morpheus
- (Greek mythology) The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Greek god and personification of dreams
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References
[edit]- ^ “Morpheus, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2002; “Morpheus, proper n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmor.pʰe.us/, [ˈmɔrpʰeʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmor.fe.us/, [ˈmɔrfeus]
Noun
[edit]Morpheus m
- Morpheus
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.633–635:
- “At pater e populo natorum mille suorum excitat artificem simulatoremque figurae Morphea”
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Morpheus |
Genitive | Morpheos Morphei |
Dative | Morpheo |
Accusative | Morphea |
Ablative | Morpheo |
Vocative | Morpheu |
References
[edit]- “Morpheus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Turkish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Morpheus
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