Definition of Morpheus

1. Noun. The Roman god of sleep and dreams.

Generic synonyms: Deity, Divinity, God, Immortal
Category relationships: Ovid, Publius Ovidius Naso

Definition of Morpheus

1. n. The god of dreams.

Definition of Morpheus

1. Proper noun. (Greek god) A deity from the Greek pantheon, he was the god of dreams. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Morpheus

1. The god of dreams. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Prop, the fashioner or molder, because of the shapes he calls up before the sleeper, fr. Form, shape. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Morpheus

morphea
morphea acroterica
morphea alba
morphea guttata
morphea herpetiformis
morphea linearis
morphea pigmentosa
morphean
morphed
morpheme
morphemes
morphemic
morphemically
morphemics
morpheridine
morpheus
morphew
morphews
morphia
morphias
morphic
morphic unit
morphically
morphin
morphinan
morphinans
morphine
morphine 6-dehydrogenase
morphine alkaloid
morphine dependence

Literary usage of Morpheus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative by Leigh Hunt (1891)
"... the Red-cross Knight into his abode; and while they are asleep, sends to Morpheus, the god of sleep, for a false dream to produce discord between them. ..."

2. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Lucy Bird (1886)
"LETTEE EEL & Temple of Morpheus—Utah—A " God-forgotten " Tow»—A distressed ... It was a true Temple of Morpheus. Profound sleep was the object to which ..."

3. English Verse by William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard (1883)
"INVOCATION' TO Morpheus. Morpheus, the humble God that dwells In cottages and smoky cells, Hates gilded roofs and beds of down And, though he fears no ..."

4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"So, ho, so, ho, Appetitus ! faith now I think Morpheus himself hath been here; up, with a pox to you : up, you lusk 1 Lingua, O. PI, v, 341. ..."

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