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|lshtext=<b>sŏpor</b>: ōris, m. Sanscr. [[root]] svap-, [[sleep]]; cf. [[somnus]]; Gr. [[ὕπνος]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[deep]] [[sleep]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., in gen., [[sleep]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; not in Cic.; cf. [[somnus]]): [[lucrum]] praeposivi sopori et quieti, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 11: cum eum [[cibo]] vinoque gravatum [[sopor]] oppressisset, Liv. 1, 7, 5: sopore discusso, Curt. 6, 8, 22; 6, 10, 13; 7, 11, 18; 8, 6, 26; [[but]] also opp. [[somnus]]: hujus (junci) semine somnum allici, sed modum servandum, ne [[sopor]] fiat, Plin. 21, 18, 71, § 119: sopore placans [[artus]] languidos, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44: cum suavi devinxit membra sopore Somnus, Lucr. 4, 453; 4, 765; 4, 996: nox erat et placidum carpebant fessa soporem Corpora, Verg. A. 4, 522: [[piger]] his labante languore oculos [[sopor]] operit, Cat. 63, 37: fessos [[sopor]] inrigat [[artus]], Verg. A. 3, 511: placidum petivit soporem, id. ib. 8, 406: occupet ut fessi lumina victa [[sopor]], Tib. 1, 2, 2. —Personified, Sopor = Somnus, Verg. A. 6, 278; Prop. 1, 3, 45; Stat. Th. 12, 308. —In plur., Tib. 4, 4, 9 (Müll. sapores).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pregn., the [[sleep]] of [[death]], [[death]]: in soporem conlocastis nudos, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 148; 1, 1, 150: [[aeternus]], Lucr. 3, 466: [[perpetuus]], Hor. C. 1, 24, 5.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Stupefaction, [[lethargy]], [[stupor]]: [[neque]] dormire [[excitatus]], [[neque]] vigilare [[ebrius]] poterat, sed semisomno sopore ... jactabatur, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124: temulento sopore [[profligatus]], id. ib. § 123.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Drowsiness, [[laziness]], [[indifference]]: [[sopor]] et [[ignavia]], Tac. H. 2, 76; Mart. 7, 42, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Poppy-[[juice]], [[opium]]: e [[nigro]] papavere [[sopor]] gignitur scapo inciso, Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 198.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> A sleepingdraught, sleeping - [[potion]]: sopore sumpto dormiturus, Sen. Ep. 83, 25; so (opp. [[venenum]]) id. Ben. 5, 13, 5; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 12; Nep. [[Dion]], 2, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> The [[temple]] (of the [[head]]; cf. Germ. Schläfe): [[laevus]], Stat. S. 2, 3, 29.
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|gf=(1) <b>sŏpŏr</b>,¹⁰ ōris, m.,<br /><b>1</b> sommeil profond, sommeil : Pl. Rud. 916 ; Liv. 1, 7, 5 ; Virg. En. 4, 522 &#124;&#124; sommeil de la mort : Pl. Amph. 304 ; Lucr. 3, 466 ; Hor. O. 1, 24, 5<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> torpeur, engourdissement : Cæl. d. Quint. 4, 2, 124 ; Curt. 8, 6, 26 ; <b> b)</b> torpeur morale : Tac. H. 2, 76 ; <b> c)</b> narcotique, breuvage soporifique : Nep. [[Dion]] 2, 5 ; Sen. Ep. 83, 25 ; Ben. 5, 13, 5 ; <b> d)</b> tempe [siège du sommeil] : Stat. S. 2, 3, 29.
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