insomnium
From LSJ
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
insomnĭum: ĭi, n. in-somnus,
I a dream (mostly in plur.).
(a) In sing.: illud haud ambigitur, qualicumque insomnio ipsi fratrique perniciem allatam, Tac. A. 11, 4: per insomnium dicere, in a dream, Arn. 7, 244: ipsa insomnii verba, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 3.—
(b) In plur., Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 13 Umpfenbach; Tib. 3, 4, 1; Verg. A. 4, 9; 6, 896; Sil. 10, 358; 11, 102; Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 118.
insomnĭum: ĭi, v. insomnia
I init.
