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Roman god of sleep
Answer for the clue "Roman god of sleep ", 6 letters:
somnus
Word definitions for somnus in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Somnus is a retired British champion Thoroughbred racehorse. One of the best European two-year-olds in 2002, he developed into a leading the following year when he won the Group One Haydock Sprint Cup . As a four-year-old he won two more Group One races ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"sleep personified; the god of sleep in Roman mythology," equivalent of Greek Hypnos , son of Night and brother of Death, 1590s, from Latin somnus "sleep, drowsiness," from PIE *swep-no- , from root *swep- (1) "to sleep" (cognates: Sanskrit svapnah , Avestan ...
Usage examples of somnus.
As it had been between Somnus and Oneiros, there were thousands of little spans bridging the deep gap to Elysia.
He dropped them and was nearly trampled by the stampede as they ran further into Somnus and safety.
Once the ground began to fold in on itself, anyone who had mounted the bridge ran back to cower on the Somnus side.