LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

somnolentia

somnolentia f (genitive somnolentiae)
Classical[sɔm.nɔˈɫɛn.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[som.noˈlɛn.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinfemininesleepiness, drowsiness

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesomnolentiasomnolentiae
genitivesomnolentiaesomnolentiārum
dativesomnolentiaesomnolentiīs
accusativesomnolentiamsomnolentiās
ablativesomnolentiāsomnolentiīs
vocativesomnolentiasomnolentiae

Origins

Derived from somnus (“sleep”). By surface analysis, somnolent(us) (“sleepy, drowsy”) + -ia (nominal derivative suffix).

Borrowed
  • Catalansomnolència
  • Frenchsomnolence
  • Englishsomnolencefrom French somnolence
  • Romaniansomnolențăfrom French somnolence
  • GermanSomnolenz
  • Portuguesesonolência
  • Spanishsoñolencia
  • Spanishsomnolencia
  • Finnishsomnolenssifrom French somnolence
Inherited
  • Italiansonnolenza

In English words that came into English from somnolentia

  • somnolencesomnolentia

Quick answers

What does somnolentia mean in Latin?
somnolentia, a noun, means “sleepiness, drowsiness”.
What is the genitive of somnolentia?
The genitive singular is somnolentiae. somnolentia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce somnolentia?
In classical Latin, [sɔm.nɔˈɫɛn.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [som.noˈlɛn.t͡si.a].