soporus

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from sopōr (“deep sleep”) +‎ -us (adjectival derivational suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sopōrus (feminine sopōra, neuter sopōrum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or belonging to sleep
  2. sleep-bringing, causing sleep
  3. heavy with sleep, drowsy, dozy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sopōrus sopōra sopōrum sopōrī sopōrae sopōra
genitive sopōrī sopōrae sopōrī sopōrōrum sopōrārum sopōrōrum
dative sopōrō sopōrae sopōrō sopōrīs
accusative sopōrum sopōram sopōrum sopōrōs sopōrās sopōra
ablative sopōrō sopōrā sopōrō sopōrīs
vocative sopōre sopōra sopōrum sopōrī sopōrae sopōra

References

  • “soporus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934) “soporus”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.
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