soporifer

Latin

Etymology

sopōr (“deep sleep”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /soˈpoː.ri.fer/, [s̠ɔˈpoːrɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈpo.ri.fer/, [soˈpɔːrifer]

Adjective

sopōrifer (feminine sopōrifera, neuter sopōriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. soporific; causing deep sleep
   • Virgil, Aeneid, 4

     spargens umida mella soporiferumque papaver

Declension

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

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sopōrifer	sopōrifera	sopōriferum		sopōriferī	sopōriferae	sopōrifera
Genitive	sopōriferī	sopōriferae	sopōriferī		sopōriferōrum	sopōriferārum	sopōriferōrum
Dative	sopōriferō		sopōriferō		sopōriferīs
Accusative	sopōriferum	sopōriferam	sopōriferum		sopōriferōs	sopōriferās	sopōrifera
Ablative	sopōriferō	sopōriferā	sopōriferō		sopōriferīs
Vocative	sopōrifer	sopōrifera	sopōriferum		sopōriferī	sopōriferae	sopōrifera

References

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sopōrifer through (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French soporifère

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soporiˈfer]

Adjective

soporifer m or n (feminine singular soporiferă, masculine plural soporiferi, feminine and neuter plural soporifere)

1. soporific

   Synonyms: somnifer, soporific

Declension

Declension of soporifer

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	soporifer		soporiferă	soporiferi	soporifere
	definite	soporiferul		soporifera	soporiferii	soporiferele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	soporifer		soporifere	soporiferi	soporifere
	definite	soporiferului		soporiferei	soporiferelor	soporiferilor