somnos

English

Etymology

From a proprietary name, from Latin somnos (“sleep”).

Noun

somnos (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) A hypnotic and sedative drug containing chloral hydrate.
   • 1906, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 47, pages 872–875:

     The subcommittee's report to the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry shows that the action of somnos is practically identical with that of a 5 per cent elixir of hydrated chloral.

Anagrams

• Osmons, somons

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• somnosu

Etymology

From somnu +‎ -os. Compare Romanian somnoros.

Adjective

somnos m (feminine somnoasã, plural somnosh, feminine plural somnoasi or somnoase)

1. sleepy, drowsy

Related terms

• nsumnedz

Latin

Noun

somnōs

1. accusative plural of somnus

Romanian

Etymology

From somn +‎ -os.

Adjective

somnos m or n (feminine singular somnoasă, masculine plural somnoși, feminine and neuter plural somnoase)

1. sleepy

Declension

Declension of somnos

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	somnos		somnoasă	somnoși	somnoase
	definite	somnosul		somnoasa	somnoșii	somnoasele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	somnos		somnoase	somnoși	somnoase
	definite	somnosului		somnoasei	somnoșilor	somnoaselor

References

• somnos in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN