somnus – Latin noun declension

Noun: somnus
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension: Second

Nominative

Singular	somnus
Plural	somnī

Genitive

Singular	somnī
Plural	somnōrum

Dative

Singular	somnō
Plural	somnīs

Accusative

Singular	somnum
Plural	somnōs

Ablative

Singular	somnō
Plural	somnīs

Vocative

Singular	somne
Plural	somnī

Sample Sentences

per somnum/somnos (sleeping)
in somnis/somno (sleeping)
Cum tacet omnis ager, pecudēs pictaeque volucrēs,
quaeque lacūs lātē liquidōs, quaeque aspera dūmīs (When every field’s at rest, the beasts and colorful birds — both those who hold broad limpid lakes and rugged rustic thickets — are settled down to sleep beneath the quiet night.) [29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.525–527]
iamque ubi suādēbit placidōs nox hūmida somnōs (And now, when damp night will induce peaceful slumbers) [8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 2.635]

Nouns inflected like somnus

priāpismus, scāpus, servus, cuneolus, sargus, saccus, scarus, scinus, scopus, illēgitimus, sorbus, sophus, somnus, Hispānus, soccus, sirpus, siclus, icterus, cunīculus, xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *swepnos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from *swep- + *-nós. Compare Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Lithuanian sãpnas, Sanskrit स्वप्न (svapna)). See: Ancient Greek Nouns 'ὕπνος'.

Verbs referencing "somnus"

Catalan Nouns son, Old Portuguese Nouns sono, Spanish Nouns sueño, French Nouns sommeil, Old English Nouns swefn, Old Norse Nouns svefn, English Nouns somnambulant, English Nouns somnifacient, English Nouns somnolence, French Nouns somnolence, Italian Nouns sonno, English Nouns somnambulism, Danish Nouns søvn, Romanian Nouns somn, Russian Nouns сомнамбулизм, English Nouns parasomnia, Italian Nouns sonnolenza, English Nouns sweven, English Nouns somnipathy, French Nouns somnambule, Spanish Nouns soñolencia, Spanish Nouns somnolencia, Portuguese Nouns sonolência, Asturian Nouns sueñu.