ὕπνος

See also Ὕπνος, Ύπνος, and ύπνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Proto-Indo-European *súpnos (“dream”), which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *swep-. Cognates include Latin somnus, Sanskrit स्वप्न (svápna), Old Armenian քուն (kʿun), Old English swefn (English sweven) and Russian сон (son).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hýpnos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hýpnos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ýpnos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ýpnos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ípnos/

Noun

ὕπνος (genitive ὕπνου) m, second declension; (hupnos)

1. sleep
2. death

Derived terms

• Ὕπνος

Inflection

Second declension of ὕπνος, ὕπνου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὕπνος	τὼ ὕπνω	οἱ ὕπνοι
Genitive	τοῦ ὕπνου	τοῖν ὕπνοιν	τῶν ὕπνων
Dative	τῷ ὕπνῳ	τοῖν ὕπνοιν	τοῖς ὕπνοις
Accusative	τὸν ὕπνον	τὼ ὕπνω	τοὺς ὕπνους
Vocative	ὕπνε	ὕπνω	ὕπνοι

Descendants

• Russian: гипно́з (gipnóz) m

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G5258