(verb) : sŏpōro, no
* Perf., ātum, 1, sopor, to put or lay asleep, cast into sleep; to deprive of sense or feeling, to stupefy (not ante-Aug.; usu. in part. perf.).
* Lit.: si saepius expergiscitur aliquis quam assuevit, deinde iterum soporatur,falls asleep,Cels. 2, 2 med.: opium mentem soporat sensusque abalienat,Scrib. Comp. 180: serpentes soporari,Plin. 28, 8, 29, § 118: ut soporetur illa sopore enecans vis earum,id. 21, 31, 105, § 182.—In part. perf.: soporatos hostes,Ov. Am. 1, 9, 21: aquatilia quiete placida ceu soporata,Plin. 10, 75, 97, § 209: soporatos artus premit alta quies,Val. Fl. 5, 334: vellera,id. 5, 238; Vulg. Psa. 3, 6.
* To render soporific: ramus Vi soporatus Stygia,Verg. A. 5, 855; 6, 420; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 284.