somniculus

Latin

Etymology

From somnus (“sleep”) +‎ -culus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /somˈni.ku.lus/, [s̠ɔmˈnɪkʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /somˈni.ku.lus/, [somˈniːkulus]

Noun

somniculus m (genitive somniculī); second declension

1. a little sleep.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	somniculus	somniculī
genitive	somniculī	somniculōrum
dative	somniculō	somniculīs
accusative	somniculum	somniculōs
ablative	somniculō	somniculīs
vocative	somnicule	somniculī

Derived terms

• somniculōsus

References

• somniculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “somniculus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC