soporus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from sopōr (“deep sleep”) +‎ -us (adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /soˈpoː.rus/, [s̠ɔˈpoːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈpo.rus/, [soˈpɔːrus]

Adjective

sopōrus (feminine sopōra, neuter sopōrum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or belonging to sleep
2. sleep-bringing, causing sleep
3. heavy with sleep, drowsy, dozy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sopōrus	sopōra	sopōrum		sopōrī	sopōrae	sopōra
Genitive	sopōrī	sopōrae	sopōrī		sopōrōrum	sopōrārum	sopōrōrum
Dative	sopōrō		sopōrō		sopōrīs
Accusative	sopōrum	sopōram	sopōrum		sopōrōs	sopōrās	sopōra
Ablative	sopōrō	sopōrā	sopōrō		sopōrīs
Vocative	sopōre	sopōra	sopōrum		sopōrī	sopōrae	sopōra

Related terms

• sōpiō
• sopor
• sopōrō
• sopōrifer

References

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