Etymology · Ancient Greek
Μορφεύς
3 English words descend from Ancient Greek Μορφεύς, most common first.
- morphineA crystalline alkaloid (4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-7,8-didehydromorphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.
- MorpheusThe god and personification of dreams; according to the Roman poet Ovid, one of the sons of Somnus, the god of sleep.
- in the arms of MorpheusAsleep, sleeping.