insomnis

Latin

Etymology

From somnus (“sleep”) +‎ in- -is.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈsom.nis/, [ĩːˈs̠ɔmnɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈsom.nis/, [inˈsɔmnis]

Adjective

īnsomnis (neuter īnsomne); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. sleepless, unsleeping

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	īnsomnis	īnsomne		īnsomnēs	īnsomnia
genitive	īnsomnis			īnsomnium
dative	īnsomnī			īnsomnibus
accusative	īnsomnem	īnsomne		īnsomnēs īnsomnīs	īnsomnia
ablative	īnsomnī			īnsomnibus
vocative	īnsomnis	īnsomne		īnsomnēs	īnsomnia

Synonyms

• īnsomniōsus

Descendants

• → Catalan: insomne
• → Italian: insonne
• → Spanish: insomne

References

• “insomnis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “insomnis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• insomnis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.