sopor

See also: söpör

English

Etymology

From Latin sopor (“sleep”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“to sleep”).

Noun

sopor (plural sopors)

  1. An unnaturally deep sleep.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *swepōs, which is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *swep-.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈso.por/, [ˈsɔ.pɔr]

Noun

sopor m (genitive sopōris); third declension

  1. A deep sleep, sopor; sleep (in general); catalepsy.
  2. The sleep of death; death.
  3. (figuratively) Stupefaction; lethargy, stupor; drowsiness
  4. (figuratively) Laziness, indifference.
  5. (figuratively) Opium.
  6. (figuratively) A sleeping potion or draught; opiate.
  7. (figuratively) The temple (of the head).

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sopor sopōrēs
Genitive sopōris sopōrum
Dative sopōrī sopōribus
Accusative sopōrem sopōrēs
Ablative sopōre sopōribus
Vocative sopor sopōrēs

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Spanish

Noun

sopor m (plural sopores)

  1. drowsiness

Swedish

Noun

sopor

  1. indefinite plural of sopa
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