ύπνος

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 (ýpnos)	ύπνοι (ýpnoi)
genitive	ύπνου (ýpnou)	ύπνων (ýpnon)
accusative	ύπνο (ýpno)	ύπνους (ýpnous)
vocative	ύπνε (ýpne)	ύπνοι (ýpnoi)

Derived terms

• αξύπνητος (axýpnitos, “not awake, asleep”)
• πάω για ύπνο (páo gia ýpno, “to go to bed/sleep”)
• υπναράς m (ypnarás, “sleepyhead”)

 

Further reading

• ύπνος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el
• ύπνος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language