Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
somniculosus. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
somniculosus, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
somniculosus in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
somniculosus you have here. The definition of the word
somniculosus will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
somniculosus, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Latin
Etymology
From somniculus (“little sleep”) + -ōsus (“full of”). Vowel length altered after febrīculōsus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
somnīculōsus (feminine somnīculōsa, neuter somnīculōsum, adverb somnīculōsē); first/second-declension adjective
- sleepy, drowsy
86 CE – 103 CE,
Martial,
Epigrammata 3.58.36, (choliambic meter):
- somnīculōsōs ille porrigit glīrēs
- This one offers sleepy dormouses
- sluggish, slothful
- (active notion) making sleepy, drowsy or sluggish
- deadly
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “somniculosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “somniculosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- somniculosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- somniculosus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung