[L. somnus sleep, also personified as a divinity.] The god of sleep.
a. 1599. Peele, Sir Clyomon, xxi. Wks. (Rtldg.), 522–3. I creep out of my drowsy den when Somnus hath supprest The head of every valiant heart.
1710. trans. Quilletus’ Callipædia, III. 144/35.
| But as she mourn’d, kind Somnus gently stole | |
| To her soft Eyes, and lull’d her sinking Soul. |
