somewhither 
Somewhither would she have thee go with her. 
Sliak., Tit. And., iv. 1. n. 
somital (so'mi-tal), (i. [< somite + -nl 1 Same 
as somitic. 
somite (so'mit), . [< Gr. auua, body, + -//,- I 
An actual somatome; anyone morphological 
segment of an articulated body, such a body be- 
ing viewed as composed of a longitudinal series 
ot somites; an arthromere or metamere of an 
articulate invertebrate or a diarthromere of a 
vertebrate; such a segment considered with or 
without the appendages it may possess; in the 
latter restricted sense, a metamere minus its 
appendages, or a segment of the soma or trunk 
without the limbs it may bear. The term some 
ies extends to ideal somatomes, or to the metameresof 
which nil organism is theoretically assumed to consist ; hut 
it s especially applied to the actual segments of such liver- 
tebrates as insects, crustaceans, and worms, whose bodv- 
nngs are usually evident, though some or other of them 
may coalesce, as into a cephalothorax, etc. In such case" 
the primitive or morphological somites are usually reco K - 
imeU and reckoned by their respective pairs ofYppZ 
dages. .Separate somites, continued throughout the body 
are evident in the rings of earthworms and other unfr 
In arthropods the typical number of somites is sup- 
posed to be twenty or twenty-one, numbers often actual v 
recognizable. In insects the head is assumed to have 
six or seven somites, the thorax has normally three (see 
prothomx.mwothorax, and metathorax), and the abdomen 
is supposed to have ten or eleven. Each of these somites 
is invested and indicated by a body-ring or crust of intec- 
ument, primitively or typically composed of eight scleritel 
which may variously coalesce with one another or with 
pieces of another somite, or both. Those sclerites which 
ordinarily remain distinct, and thus can be identified take 
special names, as tergite, pleurite, sternite, scutum, pro. 
scutum, etc. , eptmenm, epipleuron, etc. Appendage^ of 
somites are limbs in the broadest sense, under whatever 
modifications ; and these modifications are usually great- 
est at the cephalic and caudal ends of the body, as into 
eyestalks, antenna;, palpi, mandibles, maxillre, maxilli- 
pedsor gnathopodites, etc., of the head, and stings clasp- 
ers, or other anal armature. Intermediate somitic appen- 
dages are ordinary legs and wings, as of the thorax of 
usects, and the pereiopods, pleopods, chehe, rhipidura, 
telson, etc., of the thorax and abdomen of crustacean? 
In worms such appendages chiefly occur in the form of 
parapodia (neuropodia and notopodia). See sclerite and 
cuts under Amphithoe, Amis, Euthus, Scorpionidx, Blatti- 
OK, and coclcroack. 
somitic (so-mit'ik), a. [< somite + -ic.] Hav- 
ing the character of a somite ; somatomic ; met- 
americ; of or pertaining to somites: as, the 
somitic divisions of the body; a somitic ring or 
joint ; a somitic appendage. 
57OT 
,,,,.,, si,.,,,,, + mubullllns, pp. ,,f ,/,/,.,, 
walk: sec amble, <imliul,it<:\ I i, tint, m. To 
walk in sleep; wander in a state of sleep, as a 
somnambulist. 
II. trans. To walk on or over in sleep. 
,J,*,V" ; I'/"'*',' 1 M:1 - v """'"'. "i i:minenoe again rnn- 
namoulates the I'm,,., -nud,. de la Rose. 
Carlyle, Diamond Necklace, xiv. 
somnambulation(som-nam-bu-la'shon) [< 
MUMMftuZM + -/.] Th,. ;l,.t of walking in 
'p: somnambulism. Imp. Diet. 
somnambulator (som-uam'bu-la-tor). . r< 
MMwmhifefa + -oi-l.] Same 'as W,m, W,w. 
liiiji. Diet. 
somnambule (som-nam'bul), . [< F som- 
nambule = Sp. sominimlm/,,, miitimbulo = PK 
somnambulo = It. sonnambolo, sonnambulo, < L 
somnus, sleep, + amhutnn; walk: see ////< 
ambulate.] A somnambulist. 
The owner of a ring was unhesitatingly found out from 
amongst a company of twelve, the ring having been with- 
drawn from the finger before the stnnnambule was intru 
Proc. Soc. Psych. Research, I. 241 
somnambulic (som-nam'bu-lik), a. [< som- 
nambule + -ic.] Of or pertaining to somnam- 
bulism or somnambulists. 
Somnus 
.'. = K. /,/,!.] Causi 
soporilii-: as. m| ,lrug. 
Twas 1 that inlnistri-d I.. In i i-h:ite hl.md 
A true somniferoux poilim, which ,li,l B toale 
II. -I thought! t., !. !]', an. I ll,,ll, i,,| h,. r with death. 
Drklter, .Satiromastlx (Works, 1878, 1. 255). 
SOmniferyt (som-nif'e-ri), //. [Irreg. < I.. 
Hirer, sleep-bringing: . i A place 
of sl.-.-p. I Rare.] 
Siniiiiu, awake ; vnlocke the rustle lali h 
That Icades Into the caue's tvmnijene. 
Tourneur, Transformed Metamurphosli, it 36. 
somnific (som-nif'ik), . [< L. ., /,y. s caus- 
ing sleep, < somniis, sleep. + fiicere, make, 
cause.] Causing sleep: tending to iinlui-.- 
sleep; somniferous; soporilii-. 
The voice, the nninn.-r, the matter, even the very tt- 
iinihpliere and the streamy candle light, were all alike 
omni/te. Soathey, The Doctor, vl. A 1. (Uaritt.) 
SOmnifugOUS (som-nif'u-gus), a. [< L. somiiu.t, 
sleep, + fuaere, flee.]' Driving away sleep; 
preventing sleep ; agrypnotic. Jinileij, 17:! I. 
somniloquence (som-nil'o-kwens), . [< L. 
nonniui, sleep, + loquentia, a talking, < loqui, 
I have, however, lately met with well-marked cases of it 
in two of my own acquaintance, who gave descriptions of 
their somnambulic experiences. 
E. Qurney, in Proc. Soc. Psych. Research, II. 88. 
somnambulism (som-nam'bu-Hzm), . [= F. 
somnambitlisme = Sp. somnanibulismo, sonambu- 
lismo = Pg. somnambulismo = It. sonnambu- 
lismo; as somnambule + -ism.] The act of walk- 
ing about, with the performance of apparently 
purposive acts, while in a state intermediate 
between sleep and waking. The sleeping condition 
is shown by the absence of the usual reaction to sense- 
impressions, and usually by the failure to recall what has 
been done during the somnambulistic period. With many 
recent writers, however, the word is used, quite indepen 
dently of any consideration of movements which the som 
These septa are metamerically arranged, one for each 
Semitic constriction. 
Huxley and Martin, Elementary Biology, p. 243. 
sommet. An old spelling of some 1 , sum 2 . 
somme (so-ma'), a. [OF., pp. of sommer, fill up, 
top, sum : see sunft, v. Cf. summed.] In her. : 
(a) Same a.8 horned, (b) Same a.s surmounted. 
SOmmeilt (so-maly'), n. [< OF. (and F.)som- 
meil = Pr. sonelh = Wall, someie, sleep, < L. 
"somniculus, sleep (in deriv. somniculosus, 
sleepy), dim. of somnus, sleep: see somnolent, 
etc.] 1. Sleep; slumber. 2. In old French 
operas, a quiet and tranquilizing air. Imp. 
Diet. 
sommert, n. An old spelling of summer 1 , sum- 
mer 2 . 
Sommering's (or Soemmering's) mirror, 
mohr, spots, etc. See mirror, mohr, spot, etc. 
SOmmerophone (som'er-o-fon), n. [< Sommer 
(see def.) -I- Gr. <j>uvf/, th'e voice.] A variety 
of saxhorn invented by Sommer about 1850. 
Also called euphonic horn. 
sommersett, . Same as somersault. 
Sommersett's case. See case 1 . 
sommite (som'it), n. [< Somma (see def.) + 
-te 2 .] An early name for the mineral nephe- 
lin, found in glassy crystals on Monte Somma 
(Vesuvius). 
somnambulance (som-nam'bu-lans). n. [< 
somnambule + -anee.~\ Somnambulism. Sci- 
ence, VI. 78. 
somnambulant (som-nam'bu-lant), a. [< L. 
somnus, sleep, + ambulan(t-)s, ppr. of ambu- 
lare, walk: see somnambulate, etc.] Walking in 
sleep; sleeping while in motion ; also, charac- 
terized by somnambulism. 
The midnight hush is deep, 
But the pines the spirits distrest 
They move in somnambutant sleep 
They whisper and are not at rest. 
J. H. Boner, Moonrise in the Pines. 
somnambular (som-nam'bu-lar), a. [< som- 
nambule + -arS.] Of, pertaining to, or char- 
acteristic of sleep-walking or sleep-walkers. 
The palpitating peaks [Alps] break out 
Ecstatic from Komnambultir repose. 
Mrs. Browning, Napoleon III. in Italy. 
somnambulate (som-nam'bu-lat), r.; pret. and 
pp. soniiHUiibuhitid. ppr. xoniiiamtiidatiiiij. [< L. 
nambulist mayor does execute, as nearly synonymous with 
trance, mesmerizatian, or hypnotism, and exactly so with 
KMnoKm. It is generally considered under the two main 
conditions of the idlopathic, spontaneous, or self-induced 
and the artificial or induced. Compare somnoKm Also 
called, rarely, noctambulism. 
In somnambulism, natural or induced, there is often a 
great display of intellectual activity, followed by complete 
oblivion of all that has passed. 
W. James, Prin. of Psychology, I. 201. 
Somnambulism is, as a rule, a decidedly deeper state 
than the lighter stage of hypnotism. 
E. Owmey, In Proc. Soc. Psych. Research, II. 88. 
somnambulist (som-nam'bu-list), n. [As som- 
nambule + -ist.] One who is subject to som- 
nambulism ; a person who walks in his sleep. 
somnambulistic (som-nam-bu-lis'tik), a. [< 
somnambulist + -ie.~\ Of, pertaining to, or 
characteristic of somnambulism or somnam- 
bulists. 
SOmnambulous (som-nam'bu-lus), a. Som- 
nambulistic. Dunglison. 
somnert, . See sumner. 
SOmnia. . Plural of somnium. 
somnial (som'ni-al), a. [< L. somnialis, of or 
pertaining to dreams, < somnium, a dream, 
< somnus, sleep: see somnolent.] Pertaining 
to or involving dreams; relating to dreams. 
[Rare.] 
To presage or foretel an evil, especially In what con- 
cerneth the exploits of the soul, In matter of somnial divi- 
nations. Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais, Hi. 14. 
The somnial magic superinduced on, without suspend- 
ing, the active powers of the mind. Coleridge. 
somniative (som'ni-a-tiv), a. [< L. somniatus 
(pp. of somniare, dream, < somnium, a dream) 
+ -ive.] Pertaining to dreaming; relating to 
or producing dreams. Coleridge. [Rare.] 
somniatory (som'ni-a-to-ri), a. [< L. somnia- 
tus, pp. of somniare'^ dream, + -ory.] Of or 
pertaining to dreams or dreaming; relating to 
or producing dreams; somniative. [Rare.] 
The better reading, explaining, and unfolding of these 
somniatory vaticinations, and predictions of that nature. 
Urquhart, tr. of Rabelais, ill. 13. 
somniculous (som-nik'u-lus), a. [< L. somni- 
culosus, inclined to sleep, drowsy, < "somnicu- 
lus, dim. of 'somnus, sleep: see sommeil, somno- 
lent.'] Inclined to sleep ; drowsy. Bailey, 1727. 
somnifacient (som-ni-fa'shient), a. and n. [< 
talk, speak J The act or 'habit of talking in 
sleep; somuiloquism. 
somniloquism (som-nil'o-kwizm), n. [< som- 
niloqu-ous + -ism.] Somniloquence or sleep- 
talking. 
somniloquist (som-nil'o-kwist), . [< somnilo- 
qu-oux + -ist.] One who talks in his sleep. 
somniloq,uous (som-nil'o-kwus), a. [= F. som- 
niloque = Sp. somnttocuo, < L. somnus, sleep, + 
loqui, speak.] Apt to talk in sleep; given to 
talking in sleep. 
SOmniloQuy (som-nil'o-kwi), n. [< L. somnus, 
sleep, + loqui, speak.] The act of talking in 
sleep; specifically, talking in the somnambu- 
listic sleep. 
somnivolency (som-niv'o-len-si), .; pi. som- 
nivolencies (-siz). [< L. somnus, sleep, + LL. 
volentia, will, inclination, < L. volen(t-)s, ppr. of 
velle, will: see will 1 .] Something that induces 
sleep; a soporific; a somnifacient. [Rare.] 
If these somninlencies (I hate the word opiates on this 
occasion) have turned her head, that is an effect they fre- 
quently nave upon some constitutions. 
Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe, IV. xii. 
somnolence (som'no-lens), n. [< ME. somno- 
lence, sompnolence, < OF. somnolence, sompno- 
tence,F. somnolence^ Pi. sompnotencia = Sp.Pg. 
somnolencia = It. sonnolema, < L. somnolentia, 
somnulentia, ML. also sompnolentia, sompnilen- 
tia, sleepiness, < L. somnolentus, somnulentus, 
sleepy: see somnolent.] 1. Sleepiness; drowsi- 
ness; inclination to sleep ; sluggishness. 
Thanne cometh sompnolence, that Is sloggy slombrynge 
which maketh aman be hevy and dul In body and in soule. 
Chaucer, Parson's Tale. 
His power of sleeping, and his somnolence when he Im- 
agined he was awake, were his two most prominent char- 
acteristics. D. H. Wallace, Russia, v. 
2. In pathol., a state intermediate between 
sleeping and waking. 
somnolency (som'no-len-si), n. [As somnolence 
(see -cy).] Same as somnolence. 
somnolent (som'no-lent), a. [< ME. sompnolent, 
< OF. somnolent, sompnolent, F. somnolent = Pr. 
sompnolent = Sp. soKoliento = Pg. somnolento = 
It. sonnolento, < L. somnolentus, somnulentus, 
ML. alsosompnolentus, sleepy, drowsy,< L. som- 
nus, sleep (= Gr. inrvos, sleep), akin to sopor, 
sleep, = AS. swefan, sleep, swefen, a dream : see 
siceven, and cf. sopor, hypnotic, etc.] Sleepy; 
drowsy ; inclined to sleep ; sluggish. 
The Sperhauke Castell named Is and rail, 
Where It behouith to wacche nightes thre 
Without any sompnolent slepe to be. 
Rom. of Parlenay (E. E. T. S.\ 1. 6376. 
He had no eye for such phenomena, because he had a 
somnolent want of interest In them. 
DeQuincey. (Imp. Diet) 
somnolently (som'no-lent-li), adv. Drowsily, 
somnolescent (som-'no'-les'ent), a. [< som- 
nol(ent) + -escent.] Half-asleep ; somnolent; 
drowsy. 
The rabid dog . . . shelters itself in obscure place* 
frequently in dltthes by the roadside and lies there in 
a somnolescent state for perhaps hours. 
Encyc. Brit., XX. 201. 
, . . 
L. somnus, sleep, + facien( i-)s, ppr. of faeere, 
make: see facient.J- I. a. Somnmc; soporific; 
tending to produce sleep. 
II. n. That which causes or induces sleep ; 
a soporific. 
somniferous (som-nif'e-rus), a. [= F. somni- 
fere = Sp. somnifero = Pg. somnifero = It. son- 
nifero, < L. somnifei; < somnus, sleep, + ferre, 
. . 
somnolism (som'no-lizm), n. [< somnol(ent) + 
-ism.] The state of being in mesmeric sleep; 
the doctrine of mesmeric sleep. Imp. Diet. 
Somnus (som'nus), . [L.. < mimtnis, sleep : see 
somnolent.] In Horn, myth., the personification 
and god of sleep, the Greek Hypnos, a brother 
of Death (Mors or Thanatos), aiid a son of Night 
(Nox). In works of art Sleep and Death are represented 
alike as youths, often sleeping or holding inverted torche*. 
Compare cut under Thaiuttut. 
