From ἀγρός (agrós, “field”) + ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”). The original meaning was "who sleeps outside", which developed into "sleepless, awake".
ἄγρῠπνος • (ágrŭpnos) m or f (neuter ἄγρῠπνου); second declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||
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