Noun
sopor m (genitive sopōris); third declension
- A deep sleep, sopor; sleep (in general), slumber; catalepsy.
- Synonym: somnus
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.522–523:
- Nox erat, et placidum carpēbant fessa sopōrem / corpora per terrās [...].
- It was night, and weary bodies were enjoying peaceful deep sleep throughout the lands [...].
- The sleep of death; death.
- Synonyms: mors, fūnus, fātum, interitus, exitus, perniciēs, fīnis, somnus
- (figuratively) Stupefaction; lethargy, stupor; drowsiness
- (figuratively) Laziness, indifference.
- (figuratively) Opium.
- (figuratively) A sleeping potion or draught; opiate.
- (figuratively) The temple (of the head).
Descendants
- → Catalan: sopor (learned)
- → English: sopor (learned)
- → German: Sopor (learned)
- → Italian: sopore (learned)
- → Portuguese: sopor (learned)
- → Spanish: sopor (learned)
Further reading
- “sopor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sopor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934) “sopor”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.
Noun
sopor n (uncountable)
- sopor
Declension
More information singular, indefinite articulation ...
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singular |
n gender |
indefinite articulation |
definite articulation |
nominative/accusative |
(un) sopor |
soporul |
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(unui) sopor |
soporului |
vocative |
soporule |
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declension of sopor (singular only)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈpoɾ/ [soˈpoɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: so‧por