sopor

See also: söpör

English

Etymology

From Latin sopor (“sleep”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *swep- (“to sleep”).

Noun

sopor (plural sopors)

  1. An unnaturally deep sleep.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *swepōs, which is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *swep-.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈso.por/, [ˈsɔ.pɔr]

Noun

sopor m (genitive sopōris); third declension

  1. A deep sleep, sopor; sleep (in general); catalepsy.
  2. The sleep of death; death.
  3. (figuratively) Stupefaction; lethargy, stupor; drowsiness
  4. (figuratively) Laziness, indifference.
  5. (figuratively) Opium.
  6. (figuratively) A sleeping potion or draught; opiate.
  7. (figuratively) The temple (of the head).

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative sopor sopōrēs
genitive sopōris sopōrum
dative sopōrī sopōribus
accusative sopōrem sopōrēs
ablative sopōre sopōribus
vocative sopor sopōrēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • 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
  • sopor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Noun

sopor m (plural sopores)

  1. drowsiness

Swedish

Noun

sopor

  1. indefinite plural of sopa
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