noun
insomnĭum
Meaning
- a dream
insomnĭum, ĭi, n. in-somnus,
I. a dream (mostly in plur.).
(a). In sing.:
illud haud ambigitur, qualicumque insomnio ipsi fratrique perniciem allatam, Tac. A. 11, 4: per insomnium dicere, in a dream, Arn. 7, 244: ipsa insomnii verba, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 3.— (b). In plur., Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 13 Umpfenbach; Tib. 3, 4, 1; Verg. A. 4, 9; 6, 896; Sil. 10, 358; 11, 102; Plin. 18, 12, 30, § 118.
insomnĭum, ĭi, v. insomnia
I. init.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īnsomnium ī, n
1 in+somnus, a dream. —Sing., Ta.—Plur., T., V., Tb.
īnsomnium ī, n
2 in+somnus, sleeplessness.—Only plur: insomnia portare ocellis, Pr.