somnifer

Latin

Etymology

From somnus (“sleep”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsom.ni.fer/, [ˈs̠ɔmnɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsom.ni.fer/, [ˈsɔmnifer]

Adjective

somnifer (feminine somnifera, neuter somniferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. somniferous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	somnifer	somnifera	somniferum		somniferī	somniferae	somnifera
Genitive	somniferī	somniferae	somniferī		somniferōrum	somniferārum	somniferōrum
Dative	somniferō		somniferō		somniferīs
Accusative	somniferum	somniferam	somniferum		somniferōs	somniferās	somnifera
Ablative	somniferō	somniferā	somniferō		somniferīs
Vocative	somnifer	somnifera	somniferum		somniferī	somniferae	somnifera

Descendants

• English: somniferous
• French: somnifère
• Italian: sonnifero
• Portuguese: sonífero
• Romanian: somnifer
• Spanish: somnífero

References

• “somnifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “somnifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• somnifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French somnifère.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [som.niˈfeɾ]

Adjective

somnifer m or n (feminine singular somniferă, masculine plural somniferi, feminine and neuter plural somnifere)

1. somniferous, hypnagogic (causing sleep or drowsiness)

   Synonyms: hipnotic, hipnotizant, narcotic, soporific, soporifer, soporativ

Declension

Declension of somnifer

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	somnifer		somniferă	somniferi	somnifere
	definite	somniferul		somnifera	somniferii	somniferele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	somnifer		somnifere	somniferi	somnifere
	definite	somniferului		somniferei	somniferelor	somniferilor

Synonyms

• adormitor (rare)