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Latin
Etymology
From somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“to walk”) + -us after fūnambulus (“rope-dancer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
somnambulus m (genitive somnambulī); second declension
- (New Latin) sleepwalker
Declension
Second-declension noun.
References
- somnambulus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016