nap (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The woolly substance on the surface of clothII. A short sleep • nap (subs.): I. The woolly substance on the surface of cloth: nearest word, villus: cf. Virg. Aen. 1, 702, tonsis mantelia villis, i. e. towels with the shaggy nap clipped with scissors. With the n. on (of fresh cloth), pexus: Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 95. II. A short sleep: brĕvis somnus: I take a very short n., brevissimo somno utor, Sen. Ep. 83, 6. Phr.: to take a short n., dormire minimum, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11: Sen. l. c. (cf. exiguum dormire, in somewhat diff. sense, Plin. N. H. 10, 77, 97): to take a midday n., meridiari, Cels. 1, 2, med.: also, meridiare (act. form), Suet. Cal. 38: also conquiescere may sometimes serve, though it denotes simply rest, whether sleeping or not: cf. Suet. Aug. 78, init.