A sleepingdraught

sŏpor, ōris, m. [Sanscr. root svap-, sleep; cf. somnus; Gr. hupnos], a deep sleep.

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).—

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.—

Transf.

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.—

Drowsiness, laziness, indifference:

sopor et ignavia,

Tac. H. 2, 76; Mart. 7, 42, 4.—

Poppy-juice, opium:

e nigro papavere sopor gignitur scapo inciso,

Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 198.—

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.—

The temple (of the head; cf.

Germ. Schläfe): laevus,

Stat. S. 2, 3, 29.