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 • (ýpnosm (plural ύπνοι)

  1. sleep

Declension

Declension of ύπνος
singular plural
nominative ύπνος (ýpnos) ύπνοι (ýpnoi)
genitive ύπνου (ýpnou) ύπνων (ýpnon)
accusative ύπνο (ýpno) ύπνους (ýpnous)
vocative ύπνε (ýpne) ύπνοι (ýpnoi)

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