LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

somniō1

somniō (present infinitive somniāre, perfect active somniāvī, supine somniātum)
Classical[ˈsɔm.ni.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɔm.ni.o]

Meaning

  1. to dream
  2. to daydream, think idly
  3. to talk idly

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.somniōsomniābamsomniābōsomniāvīsomniāveramsomniāverō
somniārō
2nd sg.somniāssomniābāssomniābissomniāvistī
somniāstī		somniāverās
somniārās		somniāveris
3rd sg.somniatsomniābatsomniābitsomniāvitsomniāverat
somniārat		somniāverit
somniārit
1st pl.somniāmussomniābāmussomniābimussomniāvimussomniāverāmussomniāverimus
somniārimus
2nd pl.somniātissomniābātissomniābitissomniāvistis
somniāstis		somniāverātis
somniārātis		somniāveritis
somniāritis
3rd pl.somniantsomniābantsomniābuntsomniāvērunt
somniāvēre, somniārunt		somniāverant
somniārant		somniāverint
somniārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.somniemsomniāremsomniāverim
somniārim		somniāvissem
somniāssem
2nd sg.somniēssomniārēssomniāverīssomniāvissēs
somniāssēs
3rd sg.somnietsomniāretsomniāverit
somniārit		somniāvisset
somniāsset
1st pl.somniēmussomniārēmussomniāverīmus
somniārīmus		somniāvissēmus
somniāssēmus
2nd pl.somniētissomniārētissomniāverītis
somniārītis		somniāvissētis
somniāssētis
3rd pl.somnientsomniārentsomniāverint
somniārint		somniāvissent
somniāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.somniorsomniābarsomniābor
2nd sg.somniāris
somniāre		somniābāris
somniābāre		somniāberis
somniābere
3rd sg.somniātursomniābātursomniābitur
1st pl.somniāmursomniābāmursomniābimur
2nd pl.somniāminīsomniābāminīsomniābiminī
3rd pl.somniantursomniābantursomniābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.somniersomniārer
2nd sg.somniēris
somniēre		somniārēris
somniārēre
3rd sg.somniētursomniārētur
1st pl.somniēmursomniārēmur
2nd pl.somniēminīsomniārēminī
3rd pl.somnientursomniārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.somniāsomniāre
pres. 2nd pl.somniātesomniāminī
fut. 2nd sg.somniātōsomniātor
fut. 3rd sg.somniātōsomniātor
fut. 2nd pl.somniātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.somniantōsomniantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesomniāresomniārī
perfect infinitivesomniāvisse
somniāsse		somniātum esse
future infinitivesomniātūrum essesomniātum īrī
present participlesomniāns—
perfect participle—somniātus
somniāta, somniātā, somniātae, somniātam, somniātārum, somniātās, somniātī, somniātōrum, somniātōs
future participlesomniātūrus
somniātūra, somniātūrā, somniātūrae, somniātūram, somniātūrārum, somniātūrās, somniātūre, somniātūrī, somniātūrīs, somniātūrō, somniātūrōrum, somniātūrōs, somniātūrum		somniandus
somnianda, somniandā, somniandae, somniandam, somniandārum, somniandās, somniande, somniandīs, somniandōrum, somniandōs
gerundsomniandī, somniandō, somniandumsupinesomniātum, somniātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

somniare de aliquo
to dream of a person.

somnĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (
I. dep. collat. form: hic aedes non somniatur, Petr. 74, 14) [somnium], to dream; to dream of or see in a dream (freq. and class.).
I. Lit.: mirum atque inscitum somniavi somnium, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 5; so, somnium, id. Mil. 2, 4, 28; 2, 4, 47: aliquid (in somnis), id. Rud. 3, 4, 68; id. Curc. 2, 1, 32; 2, 2, 4; Ter. And. 5, 6, 7; Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121 al.; cf. aurum, Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 18: ovum, Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134: speciem fortunae querentis, Suet. Galb. 18 al.; cf.: me somnies, me exspectes, de me cogites, Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 114.— With obj.-clause: videbar somniare med ego esse mortuum, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 51 (Epich. v. 1, p. 167 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 39; Cic. Div. 1, 20, 39; 2, 65, 134 init.; Suet. Aug. 91; 94; id. Claud. 37 al.—With de: hanc credo causam de illo somniandi fuisse, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 140: puer, de quo somniasset, Suet. Aug. 94.—Absol.: totas noctes somniamus, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121; id. Ac. 2, 16, 51; Plin. 10, 75, 98, § 211; Suet. Ner. 46 al.—Impers. pass.: Aristoteles et Fabianus plurimum somniari circa ver et auctumnum tradunt, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54. —
II. Transf., as in Engl. to dream, i. e. to think idly or vainly, to talk foolishly: eho, quae tu somnias! Hic homo non sanus est, what are you dreaming about? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 109: quos Summanos somnias? id. Curc. 4, 3, 14: de Lanuvino Phameae erravi; Trojanum somniabam, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6: ineptias, Col. 1, 8, 2: ah stulte! tu de Psaltriā me somnias Agere, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 6; Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 5.—Absol.: vigilans somniat, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 65; id. Capt. 4, 2, 68: portenta non disserentium philosophorum sed somniantium, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *swep-der. Latin somnium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin somniō From somnium (“a dream”) + -ō.

Descendants
  • Catalansomiar
  • Italiansognare
  • Occitansomiar
  • Frenchsongerfrom Old French songier
  • Portuguesesonharfrom Old Galician-Portuguese sonhar
  • Sardiniansonnai
  • Sardiniansonniare
  • Sardiniansunniare
  • Spanishsoñar
  • Asturiansoñar

In English words that came into English from somniō

  • somnificsomnificus
noun
somniō2
somniō
Classical[ˈsɔm.ni.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɔm.ni.o]

Meaning

  1. ablative/dative singular of somnium

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *swep-der. Latin somnium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin somniō From somnium (“a dream”) + -ō.

Quick answers

What does somniō mean in Latin?
somniō, a verb, means “to dream; to daydream, think idly; to talk idly”.
What are the principal parts of somniō?
somniō, somniāre, somniāvī, somniātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce somniō?
In classical Latin, [ˈsɔm.ni.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsɔm.ni.o].