Ὕπνος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ῠ̔́πνος (húpnos, “sleep”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hý.pnos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)y.pnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈy.pnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈy.pnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.pnos/
Proper noun
Ῠ̔́πνος • (Húpnos) m (genitive Ῠ̔́πνου); second declension
Inflection
Descendants
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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025