soporifer

Latin

Etymology

sopōr (“deep sleep”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /soˈpoː.ri.fer/, [s̠ɔˈpoːrɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /soˈpo.ri.fer/, [soˈpɔːrifer]

Adjective

sopōrifer (feminine sopōrifera, neuter sopōriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. soporific; causing deep sleep
   • Virgil, Aeneid, 4

     spargens umida mella soporiferumque papaver

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sopōrifer	sopōrifera	sopōriferum		sopōriferī	sopōriferae	sopōrifera
genitive	sopōriferī	sopōriferae	sopōriferī		sopōriferōrum	sopōriferārum	sopōriferōrum
dative	sopōriferō	sopōriferae	sopōriferō		sopōriferīs
accusative	sopōriferum	sopōriferam	sopōriferum		sopōriferōs	sopōriferās	sopōrifera
ablative	sopōriferō	sopōriferā	sopōriferō		sopōriferīs
vocative	sopōrifer	sopōrifera	sopōriferum		sopōriferī	sopōriferae	sopōrifera

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French soporifère, from Latin sopōrifer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soporiˈfer]

Adjective

soporifer m or n (feminine singular soporiferă, masculine plural soporiferi, feminine and neuter plural soporifere)

1. soporific

   Synonyms: somnifer, soporific

Declension

Declension of soporifer

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	soporifer		soporiferă		soporiferi	soporifere
	definite	soporiferul		soporifera		soporiferii	soporiferele
genitive- dative	indefinite	soporifer		soporifere		soporiferi	soporifere
	definite	soporiferului		soporiferei		soporiferelor	soporiferilor