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