ὑπνωτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from ὑπνόω (hupnóō, “I put to sleep”) +‎ -τικός (-tikós, adjectival derivational suffix); see ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pnɔː.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.pno.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.pno.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.pno.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.pno.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ῠ̔πνωτῐκός • (hŭpnōtĭkós) m (feminine ῠ̔πνωτῐκή, neuter ῠ̔πνωτῐκόν); first/second declension

inclined to sleep, sleepy
inducing sleep, soporific

Inflection

First and second declension of ῠ̔πνωτῐκός; ῠ̔πνωτῐκή; ῠ̔πνωτῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῠ̔πνωτῐκός hŭpnōtĭkós	ῠ̔πνωτῐκή hŭpnōtĭkḗ	ῠ̔πνωτῐκόν hŭpnōtĭkón	ῠ̔πνωτῐκώ hŭpnōtĭkṓ	ῠ̔πνωτῐκᾱ́ hŭpnōtĭkā́	ῠ̔πνωτῐκώ hŭpnōtĭkṓ	ῠ̔πνωτῐκοί hŭpnōtĭkoí	ῠ̔πνωτῐκαί hŭpnōtĭkaí	ῠ̔πνωτῐκᾰ́ hŭpnōtĭkắ
Genitive	ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῦ hŭpnōtĭkoû	ῠ̔πνωτῐκῆς hŭpnōtĭkês	ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῦ hŭpnōtĭkoû	ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῖν hŭpnōtĭkoîn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκαῖν hŭpnōtĭkaîn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῖν hŭpnōtĭkoîn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκῶν hŭpnōtĭkôn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκῶν hŭpnōtĭkôn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκῶν hŭpnōtĭkôn
Dative	ῠ̔πνωτῐκῷ hŭpnōtĭkōî	ῠ̔πνωτῐκῇ hŭpnōtĭkēî	ῠ̔πνωτῐκῷ hŭpnōtĭkōî	ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῖν hŭpnōtĭkoîn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκαῖν hŭpnōtĭkaîn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῖν hŭpnōtĭkoîn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῖς hŭpnōtĭkoîs	ῠ̔πνωτῐκαῖς hŭpnōtĭkaîs	ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῖς hŭpnōtĭkoîs
Accusative	ῠ̔πνωτῐκόν hŭpnōtĭkón	ῠ̔πνωτῐκήν hŭpnōtĭkḗn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκόν hŭpnōtĭkón	ῠ̔πνωτῐκώ hŭpnōtĭkṓ	ῠ̔πνωτῐκᾱ́ hŭpnōtĭkā́	ῠ̔πνωτῐκώ hŭpnōtĭkṓ	ῠ̔πνωτῐκούς hŭpnōtĭkoús	ῠ̔πνωτῐκᾱ́ς hŭpnōtĭkā́s	ῠ̔πνωτῐκᾰ́ hŭpnōtĭkắ
Vocative	ῠ̔πνωτῐκέ hŭpnōtĭké	ῠ̔πνωτῐκή hŭpnōtĭkḗ	ῠ̔πνωτῐκόν hŭpnōtĭkón	ῠ̔πνωτῐκώ hŭpnōtĭkṓ	ῠ̔πνωτῐκᾱ́ hŭpnōtĭkā́	ῠ̔πνωτῐκώ hŭpnōtĭkṓ	ῠ̔πνωτῐκοί hŭpnōtĭkoí	ῠ̔πνωτῐκαί hŭpnōtĭkaí	ῠ̔πνωτῐκᾰ́ hŭpnōtĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ῠ̔πνωτῐκῶς hŭpnōtĭkôs			ῠ̔πνωτῐκώτερος hŭpnōtĭkṓteros			ῠ̔πνωτῐκώτᾰτος hŭpnōtĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Late Latin: hypnōticus
- → French: hypnotique
  - → English: hypnotic
  - → Italian: ipnotico
  - → Portuguese: hipnótico
  - → Romanian: hipnotic
  - → Spanish: hipnótico