Sopor, sopôris, m. g. Cic.A dead or sound sleepe.Altus sopor.Virg.Continuans se sopor interdiu noctuq;. Cels. A sleepe continuing day and night.Dolosus sopor. Sta. Sleepe wherin one is deceiued by craft.Dulci sopore languidus. Horat. Fœlix sopor.Stat. Mitis. Virg.Grauissimus. Lucret. Piger. Catull. Impauidus. Sil. Placidus. Virg.Semisomnus. Quint, Temulentus. Quint. A dronken sleepe.Trepidus.Stat.Fearefull and trembling sleepe. Collocare aliquem in soporem, Vide COLLOCO.Complectitur artus sopor.Virg.He falleth a sleepe.Suaui sopore diuinxit membra somnus Lucret.He fell in a sweete sleepe.Marcidum soporem discutere. Apul. Ducere soporem. Tibull. To bring one asleepe.Firmare soporem alicui.Ouid.To make one sleepe more soundlye: to cast in a more deepe sleepe.Altus sopor habet animalia.Virg.Irrigat artus sopor.Virg.He falleth a sleepe.Langucns sopore, Lucret.Securo sopore mulcens membra. Sil. Occupat artus sopor.Virg.They fall a sleepe.Pati soporem.Ouid.To haue the dronsie sicknesse.Grauitate soporis pressus.Ouid.Beeng in a deepe sleepe.Profligatus temulento sopore. Quin. Lying drunk and fast a sleepe.Receprus sopor parte oculorum.Ouid.Being halfe a sleepe, sleeping with some of his eyes. de Argo. Remouet soporem cura, Ouid.Care breaketh ones sleepe.Segnis sopor tenuit corpora uostra. Lucan. Vincere caput sopore. Propert. Victa sopore corpora.Ouid.Perpetuus sopor vrger illum. Horat. He is dead.
Sopôrus, penul. prod. Adiecti. Brought a sleepe or to reste, vt Nox sopora. Lu. The night when all things sleepe soundly.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
sŏpor, ōris, m. [Sanscr. root svap-, sleep; cf. somnus; Gr. u(/pnos], a deep sleep.I.Lit., in gen., sleep (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; cf. somnus): lucrum praeposivi sopori et quieti, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 11: cum eum cibo vinoque gravatum sopor oppressisset, Liv. 1, 7, 5: sopore discusso, Curt. 6, 8, 22; 6, 10, 13; 7, 11, 18; 8, 6, 26; but also opp. somnus: hujus (junci) semine somnum allici, sed modum servandum, ne sopor fiat, Plin. 21, 18, 71, 119: sopore placans artus languidos, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 44: cum suavi devinxit membra sopore Somnus, Lucr. 4, 453; 4, 765; 4, 996: nox erat et placidum carpebant fessa soporem Corpora, Verg. A. 4, 522: piger his labante languore oculos sopor operit, Cat. 63, 37: fessos sopor inrigat artus, Verg. A. 3, 511: placidum petivit soporem, id. ib. 8, 406: occupet ut fessi lumina victa sopor, Tib. 1, 2, 2. —Personified, Sopor = Somnus, Verg. A. 6, 278; Prop. 1, 3, 45; Stat. Th. 12, 308. —In plur., Tib. 4, 4, 9 (Müll. sapores).—2. Pregn., the sleep of death, death: in soporem conlocastis nudos, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 148; 1, 1, 150: aeternus, Lucr. 3, 466: perpetuus, Hor. C. 1, 24, 5.—II.Transf.A.Stupefaction, lethargy, stupor: neque dormire excitatus, neque vigilare ebrius poterat, sed semisomno sopore ... jactabatur, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124: temulento sopore profligatus, id. ib. 123.—B.Drowsiness, laziness, indifference: sopor et ignavia, Tac. H. 2, 76; Mart. 7, 42, 4.—C.Poppy-juice, opium: e nigro papavere sopor gignitur scapo inciso, Plin. 20, 18, 76, 198.—D.A sleepingdraught, sleeping - potion: sopore sumpto dormiturus, Sen. Ep. 83, 25; so (opp. venenum) id. Ben. 5, 13, 5; Front. Strat. 2, 5, 12; Nep. Dion, 2, 5.—E.The temple (of the head; cf. Germ. Schläfe): laevus, Stat. S. 2, 3, 29.
sŏpōrus, a, um, adj. [id.] (poet.), of or belonging to sleep, i. e., I.Sleep-bringing, causing sleep: Nox, Verg. A. 6, 390; Luc. 2, 236; Stat. Th. 1, 403: soporae pennae (Somni), Sil. 10, 354: amnis, i. e. Lethe, id. 13, 856.—II.Heavy with sleep, drowsy, dozy: dapibus vinoque soporus, Val. Fl. 2, 222.