somnos
English
Etymology
From a proprietary name, from Latin somnos (“sleep”).
Noun
somnos (uncountable)
- (obsolete) A hypnotic and sedative drug containing chloral hydrate.
- 1906, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 47, pages 872–875:
- The subcommittee's report to the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry shows that the action of somnos is practically identical with that of a 5 per cent elixir of hydrated chloral.
Anagrams
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- somnosu
Etymology
From somnu + -os. Compare Romanian somnoros.
Adjective
somnos m (feminine somnoasã, plural somnosh, feminine plural somnoasi or somnoase)
Related terms
Latin
Noun
somnōs
- accusative plural of somnus
Portuguese
Noun
somnos
- plural of somno
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
somnos m or n (feminine singular somnoasă, masculine plural somnoși, feminine and neuter plural somnoase)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | somnos | somnoasă | somnoși | somnoase | |||
| definite | somnosul | somnoasa | somnoșii | somnoasele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | somnos | somnoase | somnoși | somnoase | |||
| definite | somnosului | somnoasei | somnoșilor | somnoaselor | ||||
References
- somnos in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN