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
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per somnum/somnos (sleeping)
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in somnis/somno (sleeping)
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Cum tacet omnis ager, pecudēs pictaeque volucrēs,
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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]
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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.
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