soporifer

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Latin

Etymology

sopōr (“deep sleep”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

sopōrifer (feminine sopōrifera, neuter sopōriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. soporific; causing deep sleep

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sopōrifer sopōrifera sopōriferum sopōriferī sopōriferae sopōrifera
genitive sopōriferī sopōriferae sopōriferī sopōriferōrum sopōriferārum sopōriferōrum
dative sopōriferō sopōriferae sopōriferō sopōriferīs
accusative sopōriferum sopōriferam sopōriferum sopōriferōs sopōriferās sopōrifera
ablative sopōriferō sopōriferā sopōriferō sopōriferīs
vocative sopōrifer sopōrifera sopōriferum sopōriferī sopōriferae sopōrifera

References

  • “soporifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “soporifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • soporifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French soporifère, from Latin sopōrifer.

Pronunciation

Adjective

soporifer m or n (feminine singular soporiferă, masculine plural soporiferi, feminine and neuter plural soporifere)

  1. soporific
    Synonyms: somnifer, soporific

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite soporifer soporiferă soporiferi soporifere
definite soporiferul soporifera soporiferii soporiferele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite soporifer soporifere soporiferi soporifere
definite soporiferului soporiferei soporiferelor soporiferilor
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