Morpheus

English Etymology thumb|Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Morpheus and Iris (1811). Borrowed from en la Morpheus (possibly coined by Ovid in his Metamorphoses as the god is not mentioned in earlier works), from en grc Μορφεύς, from grc μορφή form, shape (alluding to the fact that Morpheus appeared in dreams in the forms of different people) + grc -εύς suffix forming masculine nouns indicating persons concerned with particular things.n 122340 December 2002 1; proper n Pronunciation en /ˈmɔː.fɪ.əs/ /ˈmɔː.fjuːs/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Morpheus.wav Southern England en /ˈmɔɹ.fɪ.əs/ /ˈmɔɹˌfjus/ GA en Mor phe us Proper noun en Q194012en Greek god The god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep. en Phobetor nightmares Phantasos inanimate objects in prophetic dreams Ikelos people in prophetic dreams Derived terms en in the arms of Morpheus Morphean Translations Greek god and personification of dreams Albanian: sq Morfeu m Bulgarian: bg Морфей Catalan: ca Morfeu m Czech: cs Morfeus Danish: da Morfeus Dutch: nl Morpheus Estonian: et Morpheus Finnish: fi Morfeus French: fr Morphée German: de Morpheus Greek: el Μορφέας m Hebrew: he מוֹרְפֶאוּס m Morfe'us Hungarian: hu Morpheusz Icelandic: is Morfeos Italian: it Morfeo m Japanese: ja モルペウス Morupeusu Lithuanian: lt Morfėjus m Marathi: mr मॉर्फियस m Persian: fa مورفئوس morfe'us Polish: pl Morfeusz Portuguese: pt Morfeu m Romanian: ro Morfeu m Russian: ru Морфей Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Морфеј Slovak: sk Morfeus Spanish: es Morfeo m Swedish: sv Morfeus Ukrainian: uk Морфей References Further reading Anagrams en ehmoprsu sophumer humpsore German Etymology de :bor la:Morpheus de la Morpheus. Pronunciation de /ˈmɔrfɔɪ̯s/ de De-Morpheus.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun m,- de Greek god en Morpheus Derived terms de in Morpheus' Armen Further reading de Latin Etymology la Morpheus :bor grc:Μορφεύς + 1 Pronunciation Morphe͡us Noun Morpheus<2> Morpheus Morpheos/Morpheī/Morphei m Morpheus la Ovid Metamorphoses 11 633 635 “At pater e populo natorum mille suorum excitat artificem simulatoremque figurae Morphea” Declension Morpheus<2.Greek> Morpheus Morpheos/Morpheī/Morphei Morphea Morpheu References Turkish tr:+ Proper noun tr Greek god Morpheus