somnifer
See also: somnífer
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From somnus (“sleep”) + -fer (“carrying”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsom.ni.fer/, [ˈs̠ɔmnɪfɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsom.ni.fer/, [ˈsɔmnifer]
Adjective edit
somnifer (feminine somnifera, neuter somniferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | somnifer | somnifera | somniferum | somniferī | somniferae | somnifera | |
Genitive | somniferī | somniferae | somniferī | somniferōrum | somniferārum | somniferōrum | |
Dative | somniferō | somniferō | somniferīs | ||||
Accusative | somniferum | somniferam | somniferum | somniferōs | somniferās | somnifera | |
Ablative | somniferō | somniferā | somniferō | somniferīs | |||
Vocative | somnifer | somnifera | somniferum | somniferī | somniferae | somnifera |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “somnifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “somnifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- somnifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French somnifère.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
somnifer m or n (feminine singular somniferă, masculine plural somniferi, feminine and neuter plural somnifere)
- somniferous, hypnagogic (causing sleep or drowsiness)
Declension edit
Declension of somnifer
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | somnifer | somniferă | somniferi | somnifere | ||
definite | somniferul | somnifera | somniferii | somniferele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | somnifer | somnifere | somniferi | somnifere | ||
definite | somniferului | somniferei | somniferelor | somniferilor |
Synonyms edit
- adormitor (rare)