ύπνος
Greek
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *supnós (“sleep”).
Cognates include Mariupol Greek и́пно (ípno), English sweven, Sanskrit स्वप्न (svápna), Spanish sueño, Italian sonno and Latvian sapnis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈipnos/
- Hyphenation: ύ‧πνος
Noun
ύπνος • (ýpnos) m (plural ύπνοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ύπνος (ýpnos) | ύπνοι (ýpnoi) |
| genitive | ύπνου (ýpnou) | ύπνων (ýpnon) |
| accusative | ύπνο (ýpno) | ύπνους (ýpnous) |
| vocative | ύπνε (ýpne) | ύπνοι (ýpnoi) |
Derived terms
Further reading
- ύπνος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- ύπνος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language