oniros

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄνειρος (óneiros, “dream”), due to its soporific qualities.

Pronunciation

Noun

onīros m (genitive onīrī); second declension

  1. The wild poppy

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type).

singular plural
nominative onīros onīrī
genitive onīrī onīrōrum
dative onīrō onīrīs
accusative onīron onīrōs
ablative onīrō onīrīs
vocative onīre onīrī

See also

References

  • “oniros”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • oniros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “oniros”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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