somnium

Latin

Etymology

Derived from somnus (sleep).
Surface analysis: somn(us) (sleep) + -ium (nominal derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

Noun

somnium n (genitive somniī); second declension

  1. dream, vision
  2. fantasy, daydream

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative somnium somnia
Genitive somniī somniōrum
Dative somniō somniīs
Accusative somnium somnia
Ablative somniō somniīs
Vocative somnium somnia

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Descendants

References

  • somnium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • somnium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • somnium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • somnium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • my dream is coming true: somnium verum evādit (Div. 2. 53. 108)
    • to explain a dream: somnium interpretari
    • an interpreter of dreams: somniorum interpres, coniector
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