somnificus
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
Latin > English
somnificus somnifica, somnificum ADJ :: inducing sleep
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
somnĭfĭcus: a, um, adj. somnus-facio,
I causing sleep, narcotic (Plinian): crater, Mart. Cap. 1, § 82: medicamentum, Plin. 37, 10, 57, § 158: vis aspidum, id. 24, 4, 17, § 63.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
somnĭfĭcus, a, um (somnus, facio), soporatif, narcotique : Plin. 25, 150 || qui cause un engourdissement mortel : Plin. 29, 63.
Latin > German (Georges)
somnificus, a, um (somnus u. facio), I) Schlaf machend, einschläfernd, vis, Plin. 25, 150: crater, Mart. Cap. 1. § 82. – Plin. 37, 158 jetzt somni medicamenta. – II) erstarren machend, narkotisch, aspidum vis, Plin. 29, 63.
Latin > Chinese
somnificus, a, um. adj. :: 使睡者
