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1 somnium
somnĭum, ii, n. [id.].I.Lit., a dream, Cic. Div. 1, 20, 39; 2, 58, 119; Plin. 10, 75, 98, § 211; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 3; Lact. Opif. Dei, 18: rex Priamus somnio perculsus, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 21, 42 (Trag. v. 59 Vahl.):B.dum huic conicio somnium,
interpret, Plaut. Curc. 2, 2, 3; cf. id. Rud. 3, 1, 19:interpretes somniorum,
Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132:jucundissima somnia,
id. Fin. 5, 20, 55:per somnia loquentes,
talking in their sleep, Lucr. 5, 1158; cf.:quae somnio visa fuerant,
Liv. 8, 6, 11 Weissenb.—Personified: Somnia, dreams, as divinities, Cic. N. D. 3, 17, 44; Ov. M. 11, 588; 11, 614 sq—II.Transf.A.For any thing idle, silly, or without foundation (cf. somnio, II.), a dream, an idle whim or fancy, stuff, nonsense:B.tu, quantus quantus, nihil nisi sapientia es: Ille somnium,
Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 41:de argento, somnium,
id. ib. 2, 1, 50; id. Phorm. 5, 6, 34.— Plur.:fabulae!... logi!... somnia!
Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 9:et vigilans stertis nec somnia cernere cessas,
visions, Lucr. 3, 1048; cf. id. 1, 105:spes inanes et velut somnia quaedam vigilantium,
Quint. 6, 2, 30: exposui fere non philosophorum judicia, sed delirantium somnia, Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 42:Chrysippus Stoicorum somniorum vaferrimus interpres,
id. ib. 1, 15, 39:leviter curare videtur, Quo promissa cadant et somnia Pythagorea,
Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 52.—Poet.:Somnus, tibi somnia tristia portans,
i. e. fatal sleep, Verg. A. 5, 840.
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