somniculus

== Latin == === Etymology === From somnus (“sleep”) + -culus (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɔmˈnɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [somˈniː.ku.lus] === Noun === somniculus m (genitive somniculī); second declension a little sleep. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== somniculōsus === References === “somniculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “somniculus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC