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‖ Morpheus|ˈmɔːfjuːs|
[L.; Ovid's name for the god of dreams, the son of Sleep, as if a. Gr. *Μορϕεύς, f. µορϕή form.]
The god of dreams (popularly often taken as the god of sleep).
c1369Chaucer Dethe Blaunche 167 Morpheus, and Eclympasteyre, That was the god of slepes heyre. c1420Lydg. Assembly of Gods 14 Anone came in Morpheus & toke me by the sleue. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. i. 36, 40. 1605 Chapman All Fools iii. Plays 1873 I. 146 Or from the Iuory gate Hath Morpheus sent a vision to delude me? 1748Thomson Cast. Indol. i. xliv, And hither Morpheus sent his kindest dreams. 1857Kingsley Two Y. Ago xxiv, Sunk though he be upon a garret floor, With fumes of Morpheus' crown about his head. |