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‖ ˈSomnus
[L. somnus sleep, also personified as a divinity.]
The god of sleep.
a1599Peele Sir Clyomon xxi. Wks. (Rtldg.) 522/2, I creep out of my drowsy den when Somnus hath supprest The head of every valiant heart. 1710tr. Quilletus' Callipædia iii. 144 But as she mourn'd, kind Somnus gently stole To her soft Eyes, and lull'd her sinking Soul. |