somnificus

== Latin == === Etymology === From somniō + -ficus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɔmˈnɪ.fɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [somˈniː.fi.kus] === Adjective === somnificus (feminine somnifica, neuter somnificum); first/second-declension adjective inducing sleep ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “somnificus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “somnificus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.