somnolentus
Latin
Alternative forms
- somnulentus
Etymology
somnus (“sleep”) + -olentus (“full of”, “abounding in”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /som.noˈlen.tus/, [sɔm.nɔˈɫɛn.tʊs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /som.noˈlen.tus/
- (Vulgar) IPA(key): /som.noˈlɛn.tus/, [som.noˈlɛn.tos]
Adjective
somnolentus (feminine somnolenta, neuter somnolentum); first/second declension
- heavy with sleep, sleepy, drowsy, dozy, somnolent
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | somnolentus | somnolenta | somnolentum | somnolentī | somnolentae | somnolenta | |
| Genitive | somnolentī | somnolentae | somnolentī | somnolentōrum | somnolentārum | somnolentōrum | |
| Dative | somnolentō | somnolentō | somnolentīs | ||||
| Accusative | somnolentum | somnolentam | somnolentum | somnolentōs | somnolentās | somnolenta | |
| Ablative | somnolentō | somnolentā | somnolentō | somnolentīs | |||
| Vocative | somnolente | somnolenta | somnolentum | somnolentī | somnolentae | somnolenta | |
Derived terms
- somnolentia (Late Latin)
Descendants
- English: somnolent
- French: somnolent
- Italian: sonnolento
- Spanish: somnoliento, soñoliento
- Portuguese: sonolento