somnifer

somnĭfer, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [somnus-fero],

• sleep-bringing, soporific, somniferous (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): vis papaveris, Plin. 18, 25, 61, § 229: virga (Mercurii), Ov. M. 1, 672: aspis, causing torpidity, deadly, Luc. 9, 701; so, venenum (aspidis), Ov. M. 9, 693: strychnos, Ap. Flor. 74; cf. somniculosus, II., and somnificus.

somnifer, fera, ferum (somnus u. fero), I) Schlaf bringend, schläfrig machend, einschläfernd, virga (Mercurii), Ov.: cantus, Verg.: vis papaveris, Plin. – II) erstarren machend, narkotisch, tödlich, venenum, Ov.: aspis, Lucan.

somnifer [CL] 1 that induces sleep, soporific. somniferam paulatim carpe quietem Wulf. Swith. I 258; dum ‥ daret sub fronde columba / sompniferos gemitus V. Merl. 164; somnifere cithare Vinsauf PN 663; cortex radicis febri succurrit acute / somniferam [sc. vim] cum vi frigiditatis habens Neckam DS VII 288; dicit mandragoram esse herbam sompniferam Bart. Angl. XVII 103. 2 dormant. s1436 consuluit ‥ ut ‥ evigilaret causam quamdam ~feram ‥ pro quadam via communi ‥ per annos plurimos respectuatam Amund. II 121; ad excitandum naturam in egro sompniferam Reg. Whet. II 383. 3 (in list of words). a verborum significationibus gero et fero componuntur ut ‥ ~fer, pinifer, pomifer Aldh. PR 120.

somnĭfĕr, (16) ĕra, ĕrum (somnus, fero), assoupissant, somnifère, narcotique :
Mercurii
virga somnifera Ov. M. 1, 672, la baguette [de Mercure] qui répand le sommeil ; somnifera vis papaveris Plin. 18, 229, les vertus narcotiques du pavot || qui cause un engourdissement mortel : Ov. M. 9, 693 ; Luc. 9, 701 || subst. f. , -fĕra, æ, c. strychnon : Ps. Apul. Herb. 74.

somnifer era, erum, adj.

• somnus+1 FER-, sleep-bringing, soporific, narcotic: virga (Mercuri), O.: venenum (aspidis), O.