somniculosus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From somniculus (little sleep) +‎ -ōsus (full of). Vowel length altered after febrīculōsus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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somnīculōsus (feminine somnīculōsa, neuter somnīculōsum, adverb somnīculōsē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. sleepy, drowsy
    • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 3.58.36, (choliambic meter):
      somnīculōsōs ille porrigit glīrēs
      This one offers sleepy dormouses
  2. sluggish, slothful
  3. (active notion) making sleepy, drowsy or sluggish
  4. deadly

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

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  • Italian: sonnacchioso
  • English: somniculous
  • Portuguese: soniculoso

References

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  • somniculosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • somniculosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • somniculosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • somniculosus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung