Hypnos
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Hypnos (sleep) and his twin brother Thanatos (death)
See also: hypnos
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos, literally “Sleep”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hypnos
- (Greek mythology) The god and personification of sleep. The son of Nyx and Erebus, twin brother of Thanatos, husband of Pasithea, and the father of the Oneiroi. His Roman counterpart is Somnus.
Translations
Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep
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Anagrams
Breton
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).
Proper noun
Hypnos m
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hypnos m anim
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).
Proper noun
Hypnos c
Dutch
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).
Proper noun
Hypnos m
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hypnos
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hypnos
Declension
| Inflection of Hypnos (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Hypnos | — | |
| genitive | Hypnoksen | — | |
| partitive | Hypnosta | — | |
| illative | Hypnokseen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Hypnos | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Hypnos | — |
| gen. | Hypnoksen | ||
| genitive | Hypnoksen | — | |
| partitive | Hypnosta | — | |
| inessive | Hypnoksessa | — | |
| elative | Hypnoksesta | — | |
| illative | Hypnokseen | — | |
| adessive | Hypnoksella | — | |
| ablative | Hypnokselta | — | |
| allative | Hypnokselle | — | |
| essive | Hypnoksena | — | |
| translative | Hypnokseksi | — | |
| abessive | Hypnoksetta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hypnos m
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).
Proper noun
Hypnos m
Norwegian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).
Proper noun
Hypnos m
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos). Doublet of hipnoza and sen.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hypnos m pers
Declension
Declension of Hypnos
Further reading
- Hypnos in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hypnos m (genitive/dative lui Hypnos)
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hypnos m pers
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).
Proper noun
Hypnos c (genitive Hypnos)
Turkish
Proper noun
Hypnos