ὕπνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *húpnos, from Proto-Indo-European *supnós (sleep). Cognate with Sanskrit स्वप्न (svápna) and Albanian gjumë < *źúpnos.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῠ̔́πνος • (hŭ́pnosm (genitive ῠ̔́πνου); second declension

  1. sleep, slumber
  2. (figuratively) death

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἄγρῠπνος (ágrŭpnos)
  • ἐνύπνιος (enúpnios)
  • ὑπναλέος (hupnaléos)
  • ὑπναπάτης (hupnapátēs)
  • ὑπνάω (hupnáō)
  • ὑπνηλός (hupnēlós)
  • ὑπνηρός (hupnērós)
  • ὑπνίδιος (hupnídios)
  • ὑπνίζω (hupnízō)
  • ὑπνικός (hupnikós)
  • ὑπνοδότειρα (hupnodóteira)
  • ὑπνοδότης (hupnodótēs)
  • ὑπνομαχέω (hupnomakhéō)
  • ὑπνοποιέω (hupnopoiéō)
  • ὑπνοποιός (hupnopoiós)
  • Ὕπνος (Húpnos)
  • ὑπνοφανής (hupnophanḗs)
  • ὑπνοφόβης (hupnophóbēs)
  • ὑπνοφόρος (hupnophóros)
  • ὑπνόω (hupnóō)
  • ὑπνώδης (hupnṓdēs)
  • ὑπνώδια (hupnṓdia)
  • ὑπνώσσω (hupnṓssō)
  • ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós)
  • ὑπνώω (hupnṓō)

Descendants

  • Greek: ύπνος (ýpnos)
  • Mariupol Greek: и́пну (ípnu)
  • Translingual: Hypnea

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὕπνος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1535

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