Ὕπνος

See also: Ύπνος, ύπνος, and ὕπνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔́πνος (húpnos, “sleep”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hý.pnos/ → /ˈy.pnos/ → /ˈi.pnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hý.pnos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)y.pnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.pnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.pnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.pnos/

Proper noun

Ῠ̔́πνος • (Húpnos) m (genitive Ῠ̔́πνου); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Hypnos, the Greek mythological god of sleep

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ῠ̔́πνος; τοῦ Ῠ̔́πνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ῠ̔́πνος ho Húpnos
Genitive	τοῦ Ῠ̔́πνου toû Húpnou
Dative	τῷ Ῠ̔́πνῳ tôi Húpnōi
Accusative	τὸν Ῠ̔́πνον tòn Húpnon
Vocative	Ῠ̔́πνε Húpne
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Hypnos
• Greek: Ύπνος (Ýpnos)

References

• Ὕπνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025