somnifer

From somnus (“sleep”) +‎ -fer (“carrying”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsom.ni.fer/, [ˈs̠ɔmnɪfɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsom.ni.fer/, [ˈsɔmnifer]

somnifer (feminine somnifera, neuter somniferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. somniferous

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

• “somnifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “somnifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• somnifer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Borrowed from French somnifère.

• IPA^(key): [som.niˈfeɾ]

somnifer m or n (feminine singular somniferă, masculine plural somniferi, feminine and neuter plural somnifere)

1. somniferous, hypnagogic (causing sleep or drowsiness)

   Synonyms: hipnotic, hipnotizant, narcotic, soporific, soporifer, soporativ

• adormitor (rare)