ὕπνος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῠ̔́πνος (húpnosm (genitive ῠ̔́πνου); second declension

  1. sleep, slumber
  2. (figuratively) death

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: ύπνος (ýpnos)
  • Mariupol Greek: и́пно (ípno)

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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