somnambulus

Latin

Etymology

From somnus (“sleep”) +‎ ambulō (“to walk”) +‎ -us after fūnambulus (“rope-dancer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /somˈnam.bu.lus/, [s̠ɔmˈnämbʊɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /somˈnam.bu.lus/, [somˈnämbulus]

Noun

somnambulus m (genitive somnambulī); second declension

1. (New Latin) sleepwalker

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	somnambulus	somnambulī
Genitive	somnambulī	somnambulōrum
Dative	somnambulō	somnambulīs
Accusative	somnambulum	somnambulōs
Ablative	somnambulō	somnambulīs
Vocative	somnambule	somnambulī

References

• somnambulus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016