LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

somnifer

somnifer (feminine somnifera, neuter somniferum)
Classical[ˈsɔm.nɪ.fɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɔm.ni.fer]

Meaning

  1. adjectivesomniferous

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativein -er
somnifer		somniferasomniferum
genitivesomniferīsomniferaesomniferī
dativesomniferōsomniferaesomniferō
accusativesomniferumsomniferamsomniferum
ablativesomniferōsomniferāsomniferō
vocativesomnifersomniferasomniferum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesomniferīsomniferaesomnifera
genitivesomniferōrumsomniferārumsomniferōrum
dativesomniferīssomniferīssomniferīs
accusativesomniferōssomniferāssomnifera
ablativesomniferīssomniferīssomniferīs
vocativesomniferīsomniferaesomnifera

somnĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. somnus-fero,
I. sleep-bringing, soporific, somniferous (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): vis papaveris, Plin. 18, 25, 61, § 229: virga (Mercurii), Ov. M. 1, 672: aspis, causing torpidity, deadly, Luc. 9, 701; so, venenum (aspidis), Ov. M. 9, 693: strychnos, App. Flor. 74; cf. somniculosus, II., and somnificus.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós Proto-Italic *-foros Latin -fer Latin somnifer From somnus (“sleep”) + -fer (“carrying”).

Descendants
  • Englishsomniferous
  • Catalansomnífer
  • Frenchsomnifère
  • Italiansonnifero
  • Portuguesesonífero
  • Romaniansomnifer
  • Spanishsomnífero
  • Siciliansunnìfiru

In English words that came into English from somnifer

  • somniferoussomnifer

Quick answers

What does somnifer mean in Latin?
somnifer, a adjective, means “somniferous”.
How do you pronounce somnifer?
In classical Latin, [ˈsɔm.nɪ.fɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsɔm.ni.fer].