Morpheus
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Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Morpheus and Iris (1811).
English
Etymology
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]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.fɪ.əs/, /ˈmɔː.fjuːs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɹ.fɪ.əs/, /ˈmɔɹˌfjus/
- Hyphenation: Mor‧phe‧us
Proper noun
Morpheus
- (Greek mythology) The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.
Derived terms
Translations
Greek god and personification of dreams
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References
- ^ “Morpheus, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2002; “Morpheus, proper n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmor.pʰeu̯s/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmor.feu̯s/,
Noun
Morpheus m sg (genitive Morpheos or Morpheī or Morphe͡i); second declension
- Morpheus
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.633–635:
- “At pater e populo natorum mille suorum excitat artificem simulatoremque figurae Morphea”
Declension
Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Morphe͡us |
| genitive | Morpheos Morpheī Morphe͡i |
| dative | Morpheō |
| accusative | Morphea |
| ablative | Morpheō |
| vocative | Morphe͡u |
References
- “Morpheus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Turkish
Proper noun
Morpheus