sleepy
sleepy
adj.
P. ὑπνώδης.
Be sleepy, v.: P. and V. ὑπνώσσειν (Plat. but rare P.), Ar. and P. νυστάζειν, P. ὑπονυστάζειν, V. βρίζειν ; see yawn.
adj.
P. ὑπνώδης.
Be sleepy, v.: P. and V. ὑπνώσσειν (Plat. but rare P.), Ar. and P. νυστάζειν, P. ὑπονυστάζειν, V. βρίζειν ; see yawn.
SLEEPY
Drowsy (α) as a temporary state dormitans (beginning to sleep): somni plenus; somno gravis (overcome with sleep): somni indigens (needing sleep): oscitans (yawning). To be sleepy dormitare (to be falling asleep): somni indigere (to want sleep): somno urgeri ultra debitum (to be unusually drowsy). (β) As a characteristic or permanent state somniculosus; somno deditus (☞ somnolentus is found only in later writers).
Figuratively Slow tardus: lentus: segnis.
Soporific qui somnum affert or conciliat; soporificus.
Drowsy (α) as a temporary state dormitans (beginning to sleep): somni plenus; somno gravis (overcome with sleep): somni indigens (needing sleep): oscitans (yawning). To be sleepy dormitare (to be falling asleep): somni indigere (to want sleep): somno urgeri ultra debitum (to be unusually drowsy). (β) As a characteristic or permanent state somniculosus; somno deditus (☞ somnolentus is found only in later writers).
Figuratively Slow tardus: lentus: segnis.
Soporific qui somnum affert or conciliat; soporificus.
sleepy:
I. Causing sleep.
1. sŏpōrus: s. night, s. nox, Virg. Aen. 6, 390.
2. sŏpōrĭfer: the s. poppy, s. papaver, Virg. Aen. 4, 486: as epithet of the Sleep-God, Lucan 3, 8.
3. somnĭfer: s. wand, s. virga, Ov. M. 1, 672.
4. somnĭfĭcus: the s. influence of the mandrake, s. vis mandragorae, Plin. 25, 13, 94. Phr.: s., somno aptus, Cels. 2, 32; valens ad somnum, id. 5, 25, 2.
II. Inclined to sleep:
1. sēmĭsomnus or sēmisomnis (half-asleep): s., and for the most part unarmed, s. ac maxima parte inermes, Liv. 9, 24; Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1: v.DROWSY .
2. somnĭcŭlōsus: (habitually s.): listless, sluggish, s. age, iners, ignava, s. senectus, Cic. Sen. 11, 36: of the Etesian winds, Sen. N. Q. 5, 11, 2.
3. vĕternōsus (lethargic): a s. old man: v. senex, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 21.
4. somnŭlentus: App. (who has also semisopitus).
5. sŏpōrus: s. with wine, s. vino, Val. Fl. 2, 222: (semisoporus, Sid.). Phr.: to be unnaturally s., somno ultra debitum urgeri, Cels. 2, 4, ad init.: s., somni plenus, Cic. Post Red. 6, 13 (if however desirous of but unable to obtain s., indigens somni, Suet. Aug. 78): s. and gluttonous, deditus somno ciboque, Tac. G. 15 Sall.
I. Causing sleep.
1. sŏpōrus: s. night, s. nox, Virg. Aen. 6, 390.
2. sŏpōrĭfer: the s. poppy, s. papaver, Virg. Aen. 4, 486: as epithet of the Sleep-God, Lucan 3, 8.
3. somnĭfer: s. wand, s. virga, Ov. M. 1, 672.
4. somnĭfĭcus: the s. influence of the mandrake, s. vis mandragorae, Plin. 25, 13, 94. Phr.: s., somno aptus, Cels. 2, 32; valens ad somnum, id. 5, 25, 2.
II. Inclined to sleep:
1. sēmĭsomnus or sēmisomnis (half-asleep): s., and for the most part unarmed, s. ac maxima parte inermes, Liv. 9, 24; Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 1: v.
2. somnĭcŭlōsus: (habitually s.): listless, sluggish, s. age, iners, ignava, s. senectus, Cic. Sen. 11, 36: of the Etesian winds, Sen. N. Q. 5, 11, 2.
3. vĕternōsus (lethargic): a s. old man: v. senex, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 21.
4. somnŭlentus: App. (who has also semisopitus).
5. sŏpōrus: s. with wine, s. vino, Val. Fl. 2, 222: (semisoporus, Sid.). Phr.: to be unnaturally s., somno ultra debitum urgeri, Cels. 2, 4, ad init.: s., somni plenus, Cic. Post Red. 6, 13 (if however desirous of but unable to obtain s., indigens somni, Suet. Aug. 78): s. and gluttonous, deditus somno ciboque, Tac. G. 15 Sall.