Morpheus

English

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Morpheus and Iris, 1811

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús, “form”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹfjuːs/, /ˈmɔɹfi.əs/ (compare with Zeus, Odysseus, Orpheus, Proteus)

Proper noun

Morpheus

1. (Greek mythology) The god and personification of dreams; the son of Hypnos and Pasithea, or Nyx and Erebus.

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

Translations

Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams

• 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
• Icelandic: Morfeos
• Italian: Morfeo m
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• Japanese: モルペウス (Morupeusu)
• Lithuanian: Morfėjus m
• Marathi: मॉर्फीयस m (mǒrfīyasa)
• Persian: مورفئوس
• Polish: Morfeusz (pl)
• Portuguese: Morfeu m
• Romanian: Morfeu m
• Russian: Морфей (ru) (Morfej)
• Serbo-Croatian: Морфеј
• Slovak: Morfeus
• Spanish: Morfeo m
• Swedish: Morfeus (sv)
• Ukrainian: Морфей (Morfej)

Further reading

• Morpheus (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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