somnus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) sleep, slumber
2. (declension-2, masculine) drowsiness, idleness, inactivity, laziness, sloth
3. (declension-2, figuratively, masculine) death

Concepts

sleep

😴

doze

drowsiness

lie down

nap

asleep

sleeps

slumber

somnolence

sleepiness

Synonyms

sopor

dormire

dormīre

Translations

sommeil

😴

sono

😴

sonno

Schlaf

😴

sueño

😴

slaap

😴

ύπνος

uyku

😴

son

dormir

😴

sòm

schlafen

😴

xew

😴

slapen

😴

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈsɔm.nʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *swepnos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from the root *swep- (“to sleep”) (compare Lithuanian sãpnas, Sanskrit स्वप्न (svapna)).