somnium
Latin
Etymology
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Derived from somnus (“sleep”).
Surface analysis: somn(us) (“sleep”) + -ium (nominal derivational suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsom.ni.um/, [ˈs̠ɔmniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsom.ni.um/, [ˈsɔmnium]
Noun
somnium n (genitive somniī or somnī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | somnium | somnia |
Genitive | somniī somnī1 |
somniōrum |
Dative | somniō | somniīs |
Accusative | somnium | somnia |
Ablative | somniō | somniīs |
Vocative | somnium | somnia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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References
- “somnium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “somnium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- somnium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- somnium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- my dream is coming true: somnium verum evādit (Div. 2. 53. 108)
- to explain a dream: somnium interpretari
- an interpreter of dreams: somniorum interpres, coniector
- my dream is coming true: somnium verum evādit (Div. 2. 53. 108)