ἄγρυπνος

See also: άγρυπνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγρός (agrós, “field”) +‎ ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”). The original meaning was "who sleeps outside", which developed into "sleepless, awake".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ɡry.pnos/ → /ˈa.ɣry.pnos/ → /ˈa.ɣri.pnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ɡry.pnos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡry.pnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣry.pnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣry.pnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣri.pnos/

Adjective

ἄγρῠπνος • (ágrŭpnos) m or f (neuter ἄγρῠπνου); second declension

1. wakeful, sleepless, vigilant
2. banishing sleep, keeping awake

Inflection

Second declension of ἄγρῠπνος; ἄγρῠπνον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄγρῠπνος ágrŭpnos	ἄγρῠπνον ágrŭpnon		ἀγρῠ́πνω agrŭ́pnō	ἀγρῠ́πνω agrŭ́pnō		ἄγρῠπνοι ágrŭpnoi	ἄγρῠπνᾰ ágrŭpnă
Genitive		ἀγρῠ́πνου agrŭ́pnou	ἀγρῠ́πνου agrŭ́pnou		ἀγρῠ́πνοιν agrŭ́pnoin	ἀγρῠ́πνοιν agrŭ́pnoin		ἀγρῠ́πνων agrŭ́pnōn	ἀγρῠ́πνων agrŭ́pnōn
Dative		ἀγρῠ́πνῳ agrŭ́pnōi	ἀγρῠ́πνῳ agrŭ́pnōi		ἀγρῠ́πνοιν agrŭ́pnoin	ἀγρῠ́πνοιν agrŭ́pnoin		ἀγρῠ́πνοις agrŭ́pnois	ἀγρῠ́πνοις agrŭ́pnois
Accusative		ἄγρῠπνον ágrŭpnon	ἄγρῠπνον ágrŭpnon		ἀγρῠ́πνω agrŭ́pnō	ἀγρῠ́πνω agrŭ́pnō		ἀγρῠ́πνους agrŭ́pnous	ἄγρῠπνᾰ ágrŭpnă
Vocative		ἄγρῠπνε ágrŭpne	ἄγρῠπνον ágrŭpnon		ἀγρῠ́πνω agrŭ́pnō	ἀγρῠ́πνω agrŭ́pnō		ἄγρῠπνοι ágrŭpnoi	ἄγρῠπνᾰ ágrŭpnă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀγρῠ́πνως agrŭ́pnōs			ἀγρῠπνότερος agrŭpnóteros			ἀγρῠπνότᾰτος agrŭpnótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀγρῠπνέω (agrŭpnéō)
• ἀγρῠπνητήρ (agrŭpnētḗr)
• ἀγρῠπνητής (agrŭpnētḗs)
• ἀγρῠπνητῐκος (agrŭpnētĭkos)
• ἀγρῠπνῐ́ᾱ (agrŭpnĭ́ā)
• ἀγρῠπνώδης (agrŭpnṓdēs)

Descendants

• Greek: άγρυπνος (ágrypnos)

Further reading

• “ἄγρυπνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄγρυπνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄγρυπνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄγρυπνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN