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somnĭo , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (
I.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; so, “somnium,” id. Mil. 2, 4, 28; 2, 4, 47: “aliquid (in somnis),” id. Rud. 3, 4, 68; id. Curc. 2, 1, 32; 2, 2, 4; Ter. And. 5, 6, 7; Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121 al.; cf. “aurum,” Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 18: “ovum,” Cic. Div. 2, 65, 134: “speciem fortunae querentis,” Suet. Galb. 18 al.; cf.: “me somnies, me exspectes, de me cogites,” Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 114.— With obj.-clause: videbar somniare med ego esse mortuum, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 16, 51 (Epich. v. 1, p. 167 Vahl.); Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 39; 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, 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: “quos Summanos somnias?” id. Curc. 4, 3, 14: 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. 4, 7, 6; Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 5.—Absol.: “vigilans somniat,” Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 65; id. Capt. 4, 2, 68: “portenta non disserentium philosophorum sed somniantium,” Cic. N. D. 1, 8, 18.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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