ύπνος

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See also: Ύπνος, Ὕπνος, and ὕπνος

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *supnós (“sleep”).
Cognates include Mariupol Greek и́пно (ípno), English sweven, Sanskrit स्वप्न (svápna), Spanish sueño, Italian sonno and Latvian sapnis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈipnos/
  • Hyphenation: ύ‧πνος

Noun

ύπνος • (ýpnos) m (plural ύπνοι)

  1. sleep

Declension

Declension of ύπνος
singular plural
nominative ύπνος • ύπνοι •
genitive ύπνου • ύπνων •
accusative ύπνο • ύπνους •
vocative ύπνε • ύπνοι •

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