in the arms of Morpheus
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in the arms of Morpheus
- /ɪn ði ˈaːms əv ˈmɔː.fɪ.əs/ UK
- /-ˈmɔː.fjuːs/ UK
- /ɪn ði ˈaɹms əv ˈmɔɹ.fɪ.əs/ US
- /-ˈmɔɹˌfjus/ US
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In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Morpheus is the god of dreams, and subsequently he was often referred to as the god of sleep. The name is borrowed from Latin Morpheus, from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς (Morpheús), from μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”) (alluding to the fact that Morpheus appeared in dreams in the forms of different people) + -εύς (-eús, suffix forming masculine nouns indicating persons concerned with particular things).
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- Asleep, sleeping. [N]ight had covered the world with her sable curtain, and wrapped the peaceful sisterhood in the arms of Morpheus.
- In a state of being completely forgotten, or of unawareness. The [Arturo] Toscanini Tour left Italy for the United States, and the continued interest sustained by the progress of the tour brought us back to the war days when we breathlessly awaited the communiqués of offensives and counter-offensives. After which we fell back into the arms of Morpheus. The on
