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somnio, to dream

somnĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (dep. collat. form: hic aedes non somniatur, Petr. 74, 14) [somnium], to dream; to dream of or see in a dream (freq. and class.).
  • I Lit.: mirum atque inscitum somniavi somnium, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 5 (597); so, somnium, id. Mil. 2, 4, 28 (381); 2, 4, 47 (400): aliquid (in somnis), id. Rud. 3, 4, 68 (773); id. Curc. 2, 1, 32 (247); 2, 2, 4 (254); Ter. And. 971; Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121 al.; cf. aurum, Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 18 (666): ovum, Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134: speciem fortunae querentis, Suet. Galb. 18 al.; cf.: me somnies, me exspectes, de me cogites, Ter. Eun. 194.— With obj.-clause: videbar somniare med ego esse mortuum, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 16, 51 (Epich. v. 1, p. 167 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 39 (392); Cic. Div. 1, 20, 39; 2, 65, 134 init.; Suet. Aug. 91; 94; id. Claud. 37 al.—With de: hanc credo causam de illo somniandi fuisse, Cic. Div. 2, 67, 140: puer, de quo somniasset, Suet. Aug. 94.—Absol.: totas noctes somniamus, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121; id. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 16, 51; Plin. 10, 75, 98, § 211; Suet. Ner. 46 al.—Impers. pass.: Aristoteles et Fabianus plurimum somniari circa ver et auctumnum tradunt, Plin. 28, 4, 14, § 54. —
  • II Transf., as in Engl. to dream, i. e. to think idly or vainly, to talk foolishly: eho, quae tu somnias! Hic homo non sanus est, what are you dreaming about? Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 109 (950): quos Summanos somnias? id. Curc. 4, 3, 14 (546): de Lanuvino Phameae erravi; Trojanum somniabam, Cic. Att. 9, 13, 6: ineptias, Col. 1, 8, 2: ah stulte! tu de Psaltriā me somnias Agere, Ter. Ad. 724; Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 5 (255).—Absol.: vigilans somniat, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 65 (697); id. Capt. 4, 2, 68 (848): portenta non disserentium philosophorum sed somniantium, Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18.

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