Morpheus

English

Etymology

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Morpheus and Iris (1811).

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).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.fɪ.əs/, /ˈmɔː.fjuːs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹ.fɪ.əs/, /ˈmɔɹˌfjus/
• Hyphenation: Mor‧phe‧us

Proper noun

Morpheus

2. (Greek mythology) The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.

   Coordinate terms: (nightmares) Phobetor, (inanimate objects in prophetic dreams) Phantasos, (people in prophetic dreams) Ikelos

Derived terms

• in the arms of Morpheus

Translations

Greek god and personification of dreams

• Albanian: Morfeu m
• Bulgarian: Морфей (Morfej)
• Catalan: Morfeu m
• Czech: Morfeus
• Danish: Morfeus
• Dutch: Morpheus
• Estonian: Morpheus
• Finnish: Morfeus (fi)
• French: Morphée (fr)
• German: Morpheus (de)
• Greek: Μορφέας (el) m (Morféas)
• Hebrew: מוֹרְפֶאוּס m (Morfe'us)
• Hungarian: Morpheusz (hu)
• Icelandic: Morfeos
• Italian: Morfeo m
• Japanese: モルペウス (Morupeusu)
• Lithuanian: Morfėjus m
• Marathi: मॉर्फियस m (mŏrphiyas)
• Persian: مورفئوس (morfe'us)
• Polish: Morfeusz (pl)
• Portuguese: Morfeu m
• Romanian: Morfeu m
• Russian: Морфей (ru) (Morfej)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Морфеј

• Slovak: Morfeus
• Spanish: Morfeo m
• Swedish: Morfeus (sv)
• Ukrainian: Морфей (Morfej)

Further reading

• Morpheus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• sophumer, humpsore

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Morpheus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔrfɔɪ̯s/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Morpheus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Morpheus)

1. (Greek mythology) Morpheus

Derived terms

• in Morpheus' Armen

Further reading

• “Morpheus” in Duden online
• “Morpheus”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• Morpheus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)

Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)

Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús)bor.

Latin Morpheus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔr.pʰɛu̯s]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔr.feu̯s]

Noun

Morpheus m sg (genitive Morpheos or Morpheī or Morphei); second declension

1. Morpheus
   • 8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 11.633–635:

     “At pater e populo natorum mille suorum excitat artificem simulatoremque figurae Morphea”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Morpheus
genitive	Morpheos Morpheī Morphei
dative	Morpheō
accusative	Morphea
ablative	Morpheō
vocative	Morpheu

References

• “Morpheus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Turkish

Proper noun

Morpheus

1. (Greek mythology) Morpheus