NAP Copy link • NAP 1. s. somnus brevis. To take a short nap, brevissimo uti somno (Sen., Ep., 83, 6); exiguum dormire (Plin.); leviter dormire (Sen., Ep.): to take a nap after dinner, meridiari (☞ with later writers, also, nieridiare): meridie conquiescere (to be accustomed to take a nap after dinner): to take a short nap after dinner, post cibum meridianum paullum conquiescere (Suet., Oct. 78, in). 2. v. facilem capere somnum. Vid: the substantive.