LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

somnolentus

somnolentus (feminine somnolenta, neuter somnolentum)
Classical[sɔm.nɔˈɫɛn.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[som.noˈlɛn.tus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveheavy with sleep, sleepy, drowsy, dozy, somnolent

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesomnolentussomnolentasomnolentum
genitivesomnolentīsomnolentaesomnolentī
dativesomnolentōsomnolentaesomnolentō
accusativesomnolentumsomnolentamsomnolentum
ablativesomnolentōsomnolentāsomnolentō
vocativesomnolentesomnolentasomnolentum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesomnolentīsomnolentaesomnolenta
genitivesomnolentōrumsomnolentārumsomnolentōrum
dativesomnolentīssomnolentīssomnolentīs
accusativesomnolentōssomnolentāssomnolenta
ablativesomnolentīssomnolentīssomnolentīs
vocativesomnolentīsomnolentaesomnolenta

Origins

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

Latin -olentus Latin somnolentus From somnus (“sleep”) + -olentus (“full of”, “abounding in”).

Borrowed
  • Catalansomnolent
  • Frenchsomnolent
  • Englishsomnolentfrom French somnolent
  • Romaniansomnolentfrom French somnolent
  • Spanishsomnoliento
Inherited
  • Italiansonnolento
  • Spanishsoñoliento
  • Portuguesesonolento

In English words that came into English from somnolentus

  • somnolentsomnolentus

Quick answers

What does somnolentus mean in Latin?
somnolentus, a adjective, means “heavy with sleep, sleepy, drowsy, dozy, somnolent”.
How do you pronounce somnolentus?
In classical Latin, [sɔm.nɔˈɫɛn.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [som.noˈlɛn.tus].
Where does somnolentus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *swep- → Proto-Indo-European *swépnos → Proto-Italic *swepnos → Latin somnolentus.