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Somnus

American  
[som-nuhs] / ˈsɒm nəs /

noun

  1. the ancient Roman god of sleep, a son of Night and brother of Death.


Somnus British  
/ ˈsɒmnəs /

noun

  1. Greek counterpart: Hypnos.  the Roman god of sleep

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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She summoned her messenger Iris and ordered her to go to the house of Somnus, God of Sleep, and bid him send a dream to Alcyone to tell her the truth about Ceyx.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Prime minister of Somnus, god of sleep, 208, 212.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)

Attendants of Somnus, crouching in his cave, 210.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)

In a valley among the black Cimmerian mountains the death-god Somnus had his abode.

From A Book of Myths by Stratton, Helen

Somnus descends smiling to his nocturnal pillow, and not clad in the portentous panoply of indigestion, which rivals a guilty conscience in its night visions.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various

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