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sŏpōrus , a, um, adj. id. (poet.),
I.of or belonging to sleep, i. e.,
I. Sleep-bringing, causing sleep: “Nox,Verg. A. 6, 390; Luc. 2, 236; Stat. Th. 1, 403: “soporae pennae (Somni),Sil. 10, 354: “amnis, i. e. Lethe,id. 13, 856.—
II. Heavy with sleep, drowsy, dozy: “dapibus vinoque soporus,Val. Fl. 2, 222.
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    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.390
    • Lucan, Civil War, 2.236
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 2.222
    • Statius, Thebias, 1
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