dream (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. somnium2. insomnium (usu. in pl., and oftener of bad d.s, as those arising from intemperance) • dream (subs.): 1. somnium: an interpreter of d.s, somniorum interpres, Cic.: to dream a strange d., mirum s. somniare, Pl.: appearances in d.s, species somniorum, Cic. Fig.: d.s of dotards, delirantium somnia, Cic.: fevered d.s, aegri s., Hor. 2. insomnium (usu. in pl., and oftener of bad d.s, as those arising from intemperance): false d.s, falsa ins., Virg.: to escape indigestion and d.s (nightmare), cruditate, insomniis carere, Cic. Phr.: to be seen in a d., secundum quietem, or in quiete (somnis) videri, Cic.: to have a d. about, see something in a d., in somnis videre, cernere, Cic.: Hector appeared to me in a d., in somnis Hector visus adesse mihi, Virg.