Meaning of somnus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. sleep, slumber
   declension-2, masculine
2. drowsiness, idleness, inactivity, laziness, sloth
   declension-2, masculine
3. death
   declension-2, figuratively, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“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.

“iamque ubi suādēbit placidōs nox hūmida somnōs”

And now, when damp night will induce peaceful slumbers

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