ύπνος

See also: Ύπνος, Ὕπνος, and ὕπνος

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”), from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos, from the root *swep- (“to 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)

sleep

Declension

declension of ύπνος

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	ύπνος •	ύπνοι •
genitive	ύπνου •	ύπνων •
accusative	ύπνο •	ύπνους •
vocative	ύπνε •	ύπνοι •

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 - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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