insomnia

See also: insómnia and insômnia

English

Etymology

From Latin in- (“without”) +‎ somnus (“sleep”, noun) +‎ -ia.

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Noun

insomnia (countable and uncountable, plural insomnias)

  1. A sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep.

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From insomnis +‎ -ia.

Noun

īnsomnia f (genitive īnsomniae); first declension

  1. sleeplessness, insomnia
Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnsomnia īnsomniae
Genitive īnsomniae īnsomniārum
Dative īnsomniae īnsomniīs
Accusative īnsomniam īnsomniās
Ablative īnsomniā īnsomniīs
Vocative īnsomnia īnsomniae
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

īnsomnia

  1. nominative neuter plural of īnsomnis
  2. accusative neuter plural of īnsomnis
  3. vocative neuter plural of īnsomnis

References
  • insomnia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • insomnia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insomnia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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