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|lshtext=<b>somnus</b>: i, m. Sanscr. svap-nas; Gr. [[ὕπνος]]; som-nus for [[sop]]-nus; cf.: [[sopor]], [[sopio]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[sleep]]: hostes vino domiti somnoque sepulti, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6 (Ann. v. 291 Vahl.); Lucr. 1, 133: vix aegro cum corde meo me [[somnus]] reliquit, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 52 Vahl.); cf., on the [[contrary]]: pandite sulti' genas et corde relinquite somnum, id. ap. Fest. p. 343 Müll. (Ann. v. 521 Vahl.): somnum capere, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 115; cf. Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: somnum videre, Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 82: [[Caninius]] suo toto consulatu somnum non vidit, Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1: somnum [[tenere]], id. Brut. 80, 278: somno se [[dare]], id. Tusc. 1, 47, 113: me artior [[quam]] solebat [[somnus]] [[complexus]] est, id. Rep. 6, 10, 10: [[puella]] somno fessa, Tib. 1, 3, 88: somno vincta, Ov. M. 11, 238; Liv. 5, 44; Suet. Aug. 16: hos oppressos somno, Caes. B. C. 2, 38 fin.: ne me e somno excitetis, Cic. Rep. 6, 12, 12: so, ex somno excitare aliquem, id. Sull. 8, 24: e somno suscitari, id. Tusc. 4, 19, 44: somno [[solutus]] [[sum]], id. Rep. 6, 26, 29: cum [[ergo]] est somno sevocatus [[animus]] a societate, id. Div. 1, 30, 63: palpebrae somno coniventes, id. N. D. 2, 57, 143: somno [[languidus]], Quint. 4, 2, 106: in somnis aliquid videre, in [[sleep]], in dreams, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 325 Müll. (Ann. v. 228 Vahl.); cf. Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 10; Poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 44; Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82; id. Div. 1, 24, 49; 1, 25, 44; 1, 53, 121; 2, 70, 144; Verg. A. 2, 270; 4, 466; 4, 557 al.; so, [[less]] freq.: per somnum, Cic. Div. 2, 11, 27; Liv. 2, 36, 4; Verg. A. 5, 636; and: per somnos, Plin. 23, 1, 24, § 49; cf.: ea si cui in somno accidant, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45: datur in somnum euntibus, Plin. 26, 8, 47, § 74: somnum petiere, Ov. M. 13, 676; Quint. 9, 4, 12: ducere somnos, i. e. [[protract]] [[slumber]], [[continue]] to [[sleep]], Verg. A. 4, 560 (cf.: trahere quietem, Prop. 1, 14, 9); so, educere somnos, Sil. 11, 405; [[but]]: pocula ducentia somnos, causing [[sleep]], Hor. Epod. 14, 3: verba placidos facientia somnos, Ov. M. 7, 153: nuces somnum faciunt, Plin. 23, 8, 75, § 144: [[odor]] somnum gignit, id. 21, 19, 77, § 132: somnum parere, id. 19, 8, 38, § 126: adferre, id. 32, 2, 11, § 24: conciliare (opp. fugare), id. 14, 18, 22, § 117: concitare, id. 20, 17, 73, § 189: adlicere, id. 26, 3, 8, § 14: somnos invitare, Hor. Epod. 2, 28: adimere, id. C. 1, 25, 3: avertere, id. S. 1, 5, 15: rumpere, Sil. 3, 167: perturbare, Quint. 12, 1, 6.— Poet.: conditque natantia lumina [[somnus]], Verg. G. 4, 496: labi ut somnum sensit in [[artus]], Ov. M. 11, 631: [[serpens]], Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 90: graviore somno premi, id. 9, 13, 15, § 42: [[voltus]] in somnum cadit, Sen. Herc. Fur. 1044: somno cedere, Val. Fl. 2, 71: lumina mergere somno, id. 8, 65: [[somnus]] [[altus]], Hor. S. 2, 1, 8: somni faciles, Ov. H. 11, 29; cf.: somno mollior [[herba]], Verg. E. 7, 45: somni pingues, Ov. Am. 1, 13, 7; Luc. 10, 354: [[plenus]], Cels. 1, 3: [[intermissus]], Quint. 10, 6, 1: [[lenis]] et [[placidus]], Sen. Herc. Fur. 1075: [[gravis]], id. ib. 1051: [[servus]] ad somnum, [[who]] keeps [[watch]] [[during]] one's [[sleep]], Curt. 6, 11, 3.—Personified: Somnus, as a [[divinity]], [[son]] of [[Erebus]] and Nox, Hyg. Fab. praef.; Verg. A. 5, 838; 6, 390; Ov. M. 11, 586, 11, 593; 11, 623 sq.; Stat. Th. 10, 87; Tib. 2, 1, 90 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., in [[reproachful]] [[sense]], [[sleep]], [[sloth]], [[drowsiness]], [[inactivity]], [[slumber]], [[idleness]], etc.: corde relinquite somnum, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 343 Müll. (Ann. v. 521 Vahl.): dediti ventri ac somno, Sall. C. 2, 8: somno et conviviis et delectationi nati, Cic. Sest. 66, 138: somno et luxu [[pudendus]], Tac. H. 2, 90: somno indulsit, id. A. 16, 19: dediti somno ciboque, id. G. 15; Vell. 2, 1, 1.—<br /><b>II</b> Poet., transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> [[Night]]: Libra [[die]] somnique pares ubi fecerit horas, Verg. G. 1, 208; cf. Sil. 3, 200. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Death]] ([[mostly]] [[with]] adjj.): [[longus]], Hor. C. 3, 11, 38: componit lumina somno, Sil. 5, 529: [[niger]], id. 7, 633: [[frigidus]], Val. Fl. 3, 178; SO, SOMNO AETERNO SACRVM, Inscr. Orell. 4428: REQVIESCIT IN SOMNO PACIS, ib. 1121.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Of a [[calm]] at [[sea]]: [[pigro]] torpebant aequora somno, Stat. S. 3, 2, 73: imbelli recubant litora somno, id. Th. 3, 256. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> A [[dream]]: exterrita somno, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 37 Vahl.): promissa somni, Sil. 3, 216.
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|gf=<b>somnus</b>,⁷ ī, m. (cf. [[sopor]], [[ὕπνος]]),<br /><b>1</b> sommeil : somnum capere Cic. Tusc. 4, 44, dormir ; somno se dare Cic. Tusc. 1, 113, se livrer au sommeil ; somnum [[vix]] [[tenere]] Cic. Br. 278, se retenir à peine de dormir ; ducere somnos Virg. En. 4, 560, prolonger son sommeil ; somnos ducere Hor. Epo. 14, 3 [somnum Juv. 3, 242 ], facere Ov. M. 7, 153, amener le sommeil ; [[per]] somnum Cic. Div. 2, 27, et surtout in somnis Cic. Nat. 1, 82, etc., pendant le sommeil, en songe ; artior [[somnus]] Cic. Rep. 6, 10, un sommeil [[plus]] profond &#124;&#124; le Sommeil [divinité] : Virg. En. 5, 838 ; Ov. M. 11, 586, etc.<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> = inaction, paresse, oisiveté : Cic. Sest. 138 ; Tac. H. 2, 90 ; G. 15 ; <b> b)</b> = la nuit : Virg. G. 1, 208 ; etc. ; <b> c)</b> [[longus]], [[frigidus]], [[niger]] Hor. O. 3, 11, 38 ; Val. Flacc. 3, 178 ; Sil. 7, 633, le long le froid, le noir sommeil [de la mort].
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