# in the arms of Morpheus

> English word · Prep_phrase · IPA /ɪn ði ˈaːms əv ˈmɔː.fɪ.əs/

## Definitions
1. Asleep, sleeping.
2. In a state of being completely forgotten, or of unawareness.

## Etymology
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).

## Source
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