ypnalis

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, sleep) +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ypnālis f (genitive ypnālis); third declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) hypnalis, a legendary asp
    • c. 1400, Aberdeen Bestiary[1], page 68:
      Ypnale genus aspidis dicta, quod sompno necat. Hanc sibi Cleopatra apposuit, et ista morte quasi sompno soluta est.
      There is a kind of asp called ypnalis, because it kills you by sending you to sleep. It was this snake that Cleopatra applied to herself, and was released by death as if by sleep.

Declension

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Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Descendants

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  • English: hypnalis