- MORPHEUS (GOD OF DREAMS)
- [NPR]MORPHEUS (-EOS) (M)
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MORPHEUS (GOD OF DREAMS)
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Morpheus — [môr′fē əs, môr′fyo͞os] n. [ME < L < Gr Morpheus, prob. < morphē, form: hence, orig., one who shapes (dreams)] Gr. Myth. the god of dreams, son of Hypnos … English World dictionary
Morpheus — Mor pheus (m[^o]r f[=u]s or m[^o]r f[ e]*[u^]s), n. [L., fr. Gr. Morfey s prop., the fashioner or molder, because of the shapes he calls up before the sleeper, fr. morfh form, shape.] (Class. Myth.) The god of dreams. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Morpheus — name for the god of dreams in Ovid, son of Sleep, lit. the maker of shapes, from Gk. morphe form, shape, figure, especially a fine figure, a beautiful form; beauty, fashion, outward appearance, perhaps from PIE *merph , a possible Greek root… … Etymology dictionary
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Morpheus — Morphean, adj. /mawr fee euhs, fyoohs/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a son of Hypnos and the god of dreams. 2. in the arms of Morpheus, asleep. [1325 75; ME < L < Gk morph(é) form + L eus n. suffix; coined by Ovid, with allusion to the forms seen in… … Universalium
Morpheus — The name Morpheus is related to the Greek noun morphè, which means form. In Greek mythology, Morpheus was considered the most powerful god of * dreams. He was known as a brother (or son, in an alternative version) of Hypnos, the god of sleep.… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Morpheus — /ˈmɔfiəs/ (say mawfeeuhs) noun 1. Greek Mythology a minor deity, son of the god of sleep; the god of dreams. –phrase 2. in the arms of Morpheus, asleep. {Middle English, from Latin, from Greek morphē form, in allusion to the forms seen in dreams} …
