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Latin
Etymology
From somnus (“sleep”) + in- -is.
Pronunciation
Adjective
īnsomnis (neuter īnsomne); third-declension two-termination adjective
- sleepless, unsleeping
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- “insomnis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “insomnis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- insomnis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.