Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Roman mythology, the personification and god of sleep. the Greek Hypnos, a brother of Death (Mors or Thanatos), and a son of Night (Nox).
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Examples
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Victus nomine non tam cibus et potus, sed aer, exercitatio, somnus, vigilia, et reliquae res sex non-naturales contineritur.
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Interdiu oculi, et aures occupatae distrahunt animum, at noctu solus jactor, ad auroram somnus paulum misertus, nec tamen ex animo puella abiit, sed omnia mihi de Leucippe somnia erant.
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Ventres hisce aridi, somnus plerumque parcus et interruptus, somnia absurdissima, turbulenta, corporis tremor, capitis gravedo, strepitus circa aures et visiones ante oculos, ad venerem prodigi.
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Praeparat corpus talis somnus ad multas periculosas aegritudines.
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Cogita quamdiu eadem feceris; cibus, somnus, ludus per hunc circulum curritur; mori velle non tantum fortis, aut miser, aut prudens, sed etiam fastidiosus potest.
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Ita fui ut interdiu consumeret me aestus, et gelu in nocte, et recedebat somnus meus ab oculis meis.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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“Secundum communem dictionem sacrae scripturae, mors dicitur somnus, et morientes dicuntur abdormire, quod innuere mihi videtur statum mortis esse statum quietis, silentii, et {Greek expression}.”
Memoirs of My Life and Writings Gibbon, Edward, 1737-1794 1994
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Neither is much weight due to the fanciful comparison of Gubernatis: "The moon is the watcher of the sky, that is to say, she sleeps with her eyes open; so also does the hare, whence the _somnus leporinus_ became a proverb."
Moon Lore Timothy Harley
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Sed quum hae litterae allatae, [376] forte Nabdalsa exercito corpore fessus in lecto quiescebat, ubi cognitis Bomilcaris verbis primo cura, deinde, uti aegrum animum solet, [377] somnus cepit.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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Omnes mortales uictores, cordibus uiuis laetantes, uino curatos, somnus repente10 in campo passim mollissimus perculit acris.
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