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|lshtext=<b>somnĭo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (<br /><b>I</b> dep. collat. form: hic [[aedes]] non somniatur, Petr. 74, 14) [[somnium]], to [[dream]]; to [[dream]] of or see in a [[dream]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: mirum [[atque]] inscitum somniavi [[somnium]], Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 5; so, [[somnium]], id. Mil. 2, 4, 28; 2, 4, 47: aliquid (in somnis), id. Rud. 3, 4, 68; id. Curc. 2, 1, 32; 2, 2, 4; Ter. And. 5, 6, 7; Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121 al.; cf. [[aurum]], Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 18: [[ovum]], Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134: speciem fortunae querentis, Suet. Galb. 18 al.; cf.: me somnies, me exspectes, de me cogites, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 114.— With obj.-[[clause]]: videbar somniare med ego esse mortuum, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 51 (Epich. v. 1, p. 167 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 39; Cic. Div. 1, 20, 39; 2, 65, 134 init.; Suet. Aug. 91; 94; id. Claud. 37 al.—With de: hanc [[credo]] causam de [[illo]] somniandi fuisse, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 140: [[puer]], de quo somniasset, Suet. Aug. 94.—Absol.: totas noctes somniamus, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121; id. Ac. 2, 16, 51; Plin. 10, 75, 98, § 211; Suet. Ner. 46 al.—Impers. [[pass]].: [[Aristoteles]] et Fabianus plurimum somniari [[circa]] ver et auctumnum tradunt, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf., as in Engl. to [[dream]], i. e. to [[think]] [[idly]] or [[vainly]], to [[talk]] [[foolishly]]: eho, quae tu somnias! Hic [[homo]] non [[sanus]] est, [[what]] are [[you]] dreaming [[about]]? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 109: quos Summanos somnias? id. Curc. 4, 3, 14: de Lanuvino Phameae erravi; Trojanum somniabam, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6: ineptias, Col. 1, 8, 2: ah [[stulte]]! tu de Psaltriā me somnias Agere, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 6; Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 5.—Absol.: [[vigilans]] somniat, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 65; id. Capt. 4, 2, 68: portenta non disserentium philosophorum sed somniantium, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18.
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|gf=<b>somnĭō</b>,¹² āvī, ātum, āre ([[somnium]]),<br /><b>1</b> intr., rêver, avoir un songe : de [[aliqua]] re Cic. Div. 2, 140, rêver de qqch. ; totas noctes somniamus Cic. Div. 2, 121, nous avons des rêves des nuits entières &#124;&#124; somniantes philosophi Cic. Nat. 1, 18, philosophes rêvants, songe-creux &#124;&#124; [av. acc. de l’objet intérieur] mirum [[somnium]] somniare Pl. Rud. 597, avoir un rêve merveilleux, cf. Mil. 381, etc. &#124;&#124; [pass. impers.] Plin. 28, 54<br /><b>2</b> tr., voir en rêve : [[ovum]] Cic. Div. 2, 134, rêver d’un œuf, cf. Suet. [[Galba]] 18 ; [avec prop. inf.] rêver que Cic. Div. 1, 39 ; 2, 134 &#124;&#124; [fig.] Trojanum somniabam Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6, je rêvais que c’était la [[villa]] de Troie [en Italie]. dépon. [[somnior]] Apul. M. 3, 22 ; 8, 12 ; Petr. 74, 14.
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