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Morpheus

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Etymology

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Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Morpheus and Iris (1811).

Borrowed from Latin Morpheus (possibly coined by Ovid in his Metamorphoses as the god is not mentioned in earlier works), from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús), from μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”) (alluding to the fact that Morpheus appeared in dreams in the forms of different people) + -εύς (-eús, suffix forming masculine nouns indicating persons concerned with particular things).[1]

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Morpheus

  2. (Greek mythology) The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.
    Coordinate terms: (nightmares) Phobetor, (inanimate objects in prophetic dreams) Phantasos, (people in prophetic dreams) Ikelos

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  1. ^ “Morpheus, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2002; “Morpheus, proper n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús).

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Noun

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Morpheus m sg (genitive Morpheos or Morpheī or Morphe͡i); second declension

  1. Morpheus

Declension

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Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Morphe͡us
Genitive Morpheos
Morpheī
Morphe͡i
Dative Morpheō
Accusative Morphea
Ablative Morpheō
Vocative Morphe͡u

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Proper noun

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Morpheus

  1. (Greek mythology) Morpheus
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