somnificus

Latin

Etymology

From somniō +‎ -ficus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /somˈni.fi.kus/, [s̠ɔmˈnɪfɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /somˈni.fi.kus/, [somˈniːfikus]

Adjective

somnificus (feminine somnifica, neuter somnificum); first/second-declension adjective

1. inducing sleep

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	somnificus	somnifica	somnificum		somnificī	somnificae	somnifica
Genitive	somnificī	somnificae	somnificī		somnificōrum	somnificārum	somnificōrum
Dative	somnificō		somnificō		somnificīs
Accusative	somnificum	somnificam	somnificum		somnificōs	somnificās	somnifica
Ablative	somnificō	somnificā	somnificō		somnificīs
Vocative	somnifice	somnifica	somnificum		somnificī	somnificae	somnifica

References

• “somnificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• somnificus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.