somnifer
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
somnĭfer: ĕra, ĕrum, adj. somnus-fero,
I sleep-bringing, soporific, somniferous (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): vis papaveris, Plin. 18, 25, 61, § 229: virga (Mercurii), Ov. M. 1, 672: aspis, causing torpidity, deadly, Luc. 9, 701; so, venenum (aspidis), Ov. M. 9, 693: strychnos, App. Flor. 74; cf. somniculosus, II., and somnificus.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
somnĭfĕr,¹⁶ ĕra, ĕrum (somnus, fero), assoupissant, somnifère, narcotique : \neufrm[Mercurii\neufrm] virga somnifera Ov. M. 1, 672, la baguette [de Mercure] qui répand le sommeil ; somnifera vis papaveris Plin. 18, 229, les vertus narcotiques du pavot || qui cause un engourdissement mortel : Ov. M. 9, 693 ; Luc. 9, 701 || subst. f., -fĕra, æ, c. strychnon : Ps. Apul. Herb. 74.
