Morpheus en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɔː.fjuːs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈmɔː.fɪ.əs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈmɔɹˌfjus/ (General-American)
- /ˈmɔɹ.fɪ.əs/ (General-American)
Etymology
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).
Meanings
- (Greek) The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.
Coordinates
Deriveds
Morphean · in the arms of Morpheus
Translations (28)
el Μορφέας (Greek god and personification of dreams) · ru Морфей (Greek god and personification of dreams) · fi Morfeus (Greek god and personification of dreams) · de Morpheus (Greek god and personification of dreams) · cs Morfeus (Greek god and personification of dreams) · pt Morfeu (Greek god and personification of dreams) · et Morpheus (Greek god and personification of dreams) · fr Morphée (Greek god and personification of dreams) · sv Morfeus (Greek god and personification of dreams) · ja モルペウス (Greek god and personification of dreams) · uk Морфей (Greek god and personification of dreams) · lt Morfėjus (Greek god and personification of dreams) · da Morfeus (Greek god and personification of dreams) · ca Morfeu (Greek god and personification of dreams) · is Morfeos (Greek god and personification of dreams) · hu Morpheusz (Greek god and personification of dreams) · es Morfeo (Greek god and personification of dreams) · sk Morfeus (Greek god and personification of dreams) · pl Morfeusz (Greek god and personification of dreams) · ro Morfeu (Greek god and personification of dreams) · mr मॉर्फियस (Greek god and personification of dreams) · fa مورفئوس (Greek god and personification of dreams) · sq Morfeu (Greek god and personification of dreams) · it Morfeo (Greek god and personification of dreams) · he מוֹרְפֶאוּס (Greek god and personification of dreams) · bg Морфей (Greek god and personification of dreams) · nl Morpheus (Greek god and personification of dreams) · sh Морфеј (Greek god and personification of dreams)
wikipedia: Metamorphoses · wikidata: Q194012 · wikipedia: Ovid