ἐξυπνίζω

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Ancient Greek[edit]

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From ἔξῠπνος (éxupnos, awakened) +‎ -ῐ́ζω (-ízō).

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ἐξῠπνῐ́ζω (exupnízō)

  1. to wake
    • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 11:11:
      ἀλλὰ πορεύομαι ἵνα ἐξυπνίσω αὐτόν
      allà poreúomai hína exupnísō autón
      but I am going that I may wake him
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Mark Antony 30:
      μόλις οὖν ὥσπερ ἐξυπνισθεὶς καὶ ἀποκραιπαλήσας
      mólis oûn hṓsper exupnistheìs kaì apokraipalḗsas
      At last, then, like a man roused from sleep after a deep debauch

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