LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

sopor

sopor m (genitive sopōris)
Classical[ˈsɔ.pɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɔː.por]

Meaning

  1. masculinea deep sleep, sopor; sleep (in general), slumber; catalepsy
    Nox erat, et placidum carpēbant fessa sopōrem / corpora per terrās [...].It was night, and weary bodies were enjoying peaceful deep sleep throughout the lands ….29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.522–523
  2. figurativelymasculinethe sleep of death; death
  3. figurativelymasculinestupefaction; lethargy, stupor; drowsiness
  4. figurativelymasculinelaziness, indifference
  5. figurativelymasculineopium
  6. figurativelymasculinea sleeping potion or draught; opiate
  7. figurativelymasculinethe temple (of the head)

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

somnus altissimus
sopor -ōris (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 13

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Somnus · Sopor · Somnium · Insomnium

1. Somnus (ὕπνος) denotes sleep, as a usual prosaic expression; sopor (ὕπαρ) as a select poetical expression. In prose sopor has only a causative meaning, a means of producing sleep, but not a deep sleep. 2. Somnium denotes a dream, in prose, like ὄναρ; insomnium, in poetry, like ἐνύπνιον. (v. 278.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesoporsopōrēs
genitivesopōrissopōrum
dativesopōrīsopōribus
accusativesopōremsopōrēs
ablativesopōresopōribus
vocativesoporsopōrēs

sŏpor, ōris, m. Sanscr. root svap-, sleep; cf. somnus; Gr. ὕπνος,
I. a deep sleep.
I. Lit., in gen., sleep (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; cf. somnus): lucrum praeposivi sopori et quieti, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 11: cum eum cibo vinoque gravatum sopor oppressisset, Liv. 1, 7, 5: sopore discusso, Curt. 6, 8, 22; 6, 10, 13; 7, 11, 18; 8, 6, 26; but also opp. somnus: hujus (junci) semine somnum allici, sed modum servandum, ne sopor fiat, Plin. 21, 18, 71, § 119: sopore placans artus languidos, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44: cum suavi devinxit membra sopore Somnus, Lucr. 4, 453; 4, 765; 4, 996: nox erat et placidum carpebant fessa soporem Corpora, Verg. A. 4, 522: piger his labante languore oculos sopor operit, Cat. 63, 37: fessos sopor inrigat artus, Verg. A. 3, 511: placidum petivit soporem, id. ib. 8, 406: occupet ut fessi lumina victa sopor, Tib. 1, 2, 2. —Personified, Sopor = Somnus, Verg. A. 6, 278; Prop. 1, 3, 45; Stat. Th. 12, 308. —In plur., Tib. 4, 4, 9 (Müll. sapores).—
2. Pregn., the sleep of death, death: in soporem conlocastis nudos, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 148; 1, 1, 150: aeternus, Lucr. 3, 466: perpetuus, Hor. C. 1, 24, 5.—
II. Transf.
A. Stupefaction, lethargy, stupor: neque dormire excitatus, neque vigilare ebrius poterat, sed semisomno sopore ... jactabatur, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124: temulento sopore profligatus, id. ib. § 123. —
B. Drowsiness, laziness, indifference: sopor et ignavia, Tac. H. 2, 76; Mart. 7, 42, 4.—
C. Poppy-juice, opium: e nigro papavere sopor gignitur scapo inciso, Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 198.—
D. A sleepingdraught, sleeping - potion: sopore sumpto dormiturus, Sen. Ep. 83, 25; so (opp. venenum) id. Ben. 5, 13, 5; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 12; Nep. Dion, 2, 5.—
E. The temple (of the head; cf. Germ. Schläfe): laevus, Stat. S. 2, 3, 29.

Origins

Inherited from Proto-Italic *swepōs, from Proto-Indo-European *swep-.

Descendants
  • Catalansopor
  • Englishsopor
  • GermanSopor
  • Italiansopore
  • Portuguesesopor
  • Spanishsopor

In English words that came into English from sopor

  • soporificsopor
  • soporsopor

Quick answers

What does sopor mean in Latin?
sopor, a noun, means “a deep sleep, sopor; sleep (in general), slumber; catalepsy”.
What is the genitive of sopor?
The genitive singular is sopōris. sopor is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce sopor?
In classical Latin, [ˈsɔ.pɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsɔː.por].