ὑπνηρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑπνόω (hupnóō, “to be drowsy”) +‎ -ρός (-rós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pnɛː.rós/ → /y.pniˈros/ → /i.pniˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pnɛː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.pne̝ˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.pniˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.pniˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.pniˈros/

Adjective

ὑπνηρός • (hupnērós) m (feminine ὑπνηρᾱ́, neuter ὑπνηρόν); first/second declension

1. drowsy, sleepy
2. soporific

Inflection

First and second declension of ὑπνηρός; ὑπνηρᾱ́; ὑπνηρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὑπνηρός hupnērós	ὑπνηρᾱ́ hupnērā́	ὑπνηρόν hupnērón		ὑπνηρώ hupnērṓ	ὑπνηρᾱ́ hupnērā́	ὑπνηρώ hupnērṓ		ὑπνηροί hupnēroí	ὑπνηραί hupnēraí	ὑπνηρᾰ́ hupnērá
Genitive		ὑπνηροῦ hupnēroû	ὑπνηρᾶς hupnērâs	ὑπνηροῦ hupnēroû		ὑπνηροῖν hupnēroîn	ὑπνηραῖν hupnēraîn	ὑπνηροῖν hupnēroîn		ὑπνηρῶν hupnērôn	ὑπνηρῶν hupnērôn	ὑπνηρῶν hupnērôn
Dative		ὑπνηρῷ hupnērôi	ὑπνηρᾷ hupnērâi	ὑπνηρῷ hupnērôi		ὑπνηροῖν hupnēroîn	ὑπνηραῖν hupnēraîn	ὑπνηροῖν hupnēroîn		ὑπνηροῖς hupnēroîs	ὑπνηραῖς hupnēraîs	ὑπνηροῖς hupnēroîs
Accusative		ὑπνηρόν hupnērón	ὑπνηρᾱ́ν hupnērā́n	ὑπνηρόν hupnērón		ὑπνηρώ hupnērṓ	ὑπνηρᾱ́ hupnērā́	ὑπνηρώ hupnērṓ		ὑπνηρούς hupnēroús	ὑπνηρᾱ́ς hupnērā́s	ὑπνηρᾰ́ hupnērá
Vocative		ὑπνηρέ hupnēré	ὑπνηρᾱ́ hupnērā́	ὑπνηρόν hupnērón		ὑπνηρώ hupnērṓ	ὑπνηρᾱ́ hupnērā́	ὑπνηρώ hupnērṓ		ὑπνηροί hupnēroí	ὑπνηραί hupnēraí	ὑπνηρᾰ́ hupnērá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὑπνηρῶς hupnērôs				ὑπνηρότερος hupnēróteros				ὑπνηρότᾰτος hupnērótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὑπνηρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὑπνηρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette