LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

īnsomnia

īnsomnia f (genitive īnsomniae)
Classical[ĩːˈsɔm.ni.a]Ecclesiastical[inˈsɔm.ni.a]

Meaning

  1. sleeplessness, insomnia

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeīnsomniaīnsomniae
genitiveīnsomniaeīnsomniārum
dativeīnsomniaeīnsomniīs
accusativeīnsomniamīnsomniās
ablativeīnsomniāīnsomniīs
vocativeīnsomniaīnsomniae

insomnĭa, ae, f. (plur. insomnia, n., Plin. 20, 9, 33, § 82; Prop. 2, 25, 47; Val. Fl. 1, 329; 7, 6; 2, 140) [insomnis],
I. sleeplessness, want of sleep (class.): consequitur comes insomnia, Caecil. ap. Non. 209, 15: aut mox noctu te adiget horsum insomnia, Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 13 Fleck. (Umpfenbach, adigent, v. insomnium): incitabatur insomnia, Suet. Cal. 50.—In plur.: neque insomniis, neque labore fatigari, Sall. C. 27, 2: insomniis carere, Cic. de Sen. 13, 44.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swépnos
  3. Proto-Italic*swepnos
  4. Latinīnsomnia

Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin insomnis Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin īnsomnia From insomnis + -ia.

Descendants
  • Englishinsomnia
  • Italianinsonnia

Quick answers

What does īnsomnia mean in Latin?
īnsomnia, a noun, means “sleeplessness, insomnia”.
What is the genitive of īnsomnia?
The genitive singular is īnsomniae. īnsomnia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce īnsomnia?
In classical Latin, [ĩːˈsɔm.ni.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [inˈsɔm.ni.a].
Where does īnsomnia come from?
Proto-Indo-European *swep- → Proto-Indo-European *swépnos → Proto-Italic *swepnos → Latin īnsomnia.