Morpheus

English

Etymology

Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Morpheus and Iris (1811).

Borrowed from Latin Morpheus (possibly coined by Ovid in his Metamorphoses as the god is not mentioned in earlier works), from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús), from μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”) (alluding to the fact that Morpheus appeared in dreams in the forms of different people) + -εύς (-eús, suffix forming masculine nouns indicating persons concerned with particular things).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.fɪ.əs/, /ˈmɔː.fjuːs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɹ.fɪ.əs/, /ˈmɔɹˌfjus/
• Hyphenation: Mor‧phe‧us

Proper noun

Morpheus

1. (Greek mythology) The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.

   Coordinate terms: (nightmares) Phobetor, (inanimate objects in prophetic dreams) Phantasos, (people in prophetic dreams) Ikelos

Derived terms

• in the arms of Morpheus

Translations

Greek god and personification of dreams

• Albanian: Morfeu m
• Bulgarian: Морфей (Morfej)
• Catalan: Morfeu m
• Czech: Morfeus
• Danish: Morfeus
• Dutch: Morpheus
• Estonian: Morpheus
• Finnish: Morfeus (fi)
• French: Morphée (fr)
• German: Morpheus (de)
• Greek: Μορφέας (el) m (Morféas)
• Hebrew: מוֹרְפֶאוּס m (Morfe'us)
• Hungarian: Morpheusz (hu)
• Icelandic: Morfeos
• Italian: Morfeo m
• Japanese: モルペウス (Morupeusu)
• Lithuanian: Morfėjus m
• Marathi: मॉर्फियस m (mŏrphiyas)
• Persian: مورفئوس (morfe'us)
• Polish: Morfeusz (pl)
• Portuguese: Morfeu m
• Romanian: Morfeu m
• Russian: Морфей (ru) (Morfej)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Морфеј

• Slovak: Morfeus
• Spanish: Morfeo m
• Swedish: Morfeus (sv)
• Ukrainian: Морфей (Morfej)

Further reading

• Morpheus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• humpsore

Turkish

Proper noun

Morpheus

1. (Greek mythology) Morpheus