somnolentia

Latin

Alternative forms

• somnulentia

Etymology

Derived from somnus (“sleep”).
By surface analysis, somnolent(us) (“sleepy, drowsy”) +‎ -ia (nominal derivative suffix).

Pronunciation

• somnolentia: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /som.noˈlen.ti.a/, [s̠ɔmnɔˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iä]
• somnolentia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /som.noˈlen.t͡si.a/, [somnoˈlɛnt̪͡s̪iä]
• somnolentiā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /som.noˈlen.ti.aː/, [s̠ɔmnɔˈɫ̪ɛn̪t̪iäː]
• somnolentiā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /som.noˈlen.t͡si.a/, [somnoˈlɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Noun

somnolentia f (genitive somnolentiae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) sleepiness, drowsiness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	somnolentia	somnolentiae
genitive	somnolentiae	somnolentiārum
dative	somnolentiae	somnolentiīs
accusative	somnolentiam	somnolentiās
ablative	somnolentiā	somnolentiīs
vocative	somnolentia	somnolentiae

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Italian: sonnolenza
• Borrowed:
  • → Catalan: somnolència
  • → French: somnolence
    • → English: somnolence
      • → Finnish: somnolenssi
    • → Romanian: somnolență
  • → German: Somnolenz
  • → Portuguese: sonolência
  • → Spanish: soñolencia, somnolencia