sopor

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They dispose to sopor, lethargy, and even insanity.

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  1. noun A deep, lethargic, or unnatural sleep.

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  1. Latin; see swep- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French sopor, sopeur = Spanish Portuguese sopor = Italian sopore, from Latin sopor, deep sleep, orig. *svapor, akin to somnus, orig. *sopnus, *svapnus, sleep, = Greek ὕπνος, sleep: see somnolent, sweven.
 

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