ὑπνηρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑπνόω (hupnóō, “to be drowsy”) + -ρός (-rós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.pnɛː.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.pne̝ˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.pniˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.pniˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.pniˈros/
Adjective
ὑπνηρός • (hupnērós) m (feminine ὑπνηρᾱ́, neuter ὑπνηρόν); first/second declension
- drowsy, sleepy
- soporific
Inflection
First and second declension of ὑπνηρός; ὑπνηρᾱ́; ὑπνηρόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ὑπνηρός hupnērós | ὑπνηρᾱ́ hupnērā́ | ὑπνηρόν hupnērón | ὑπνηρώ hupnērṓ | ὑπνηρᾱ́ hupnērā́ | ὑπνηρώ hupnērṓ | ὑπνηροί hupnēroí | ὑπνηραί hupnēraí | ὑπνηρᾰ́ hupnērá | |||||
Genitive | ὑπνηροῦ hupnēroû | ὑπνηρᾶς hupnērâs | ὑπνηροῦ hupnēroû | ὑπνηροῖν hupnēroîn | ὑπνηραῖν hupnēraîn | ὑπνηροῖν hupnēroîn | ὑπνηρῶν hupnērôn | ὑπνηρῶν hupnērôn | ὑπνηρῶν hupnērôn | |||||
Dative | ὑπνηρῷ hupnērôi | ὑπνηρᾷ hupnērâi | ὑπνηρῷ hupnērôi | ὑπνηροῖν hupnēroîn | ὑπνηραῖν hupnēraîn | ὑπνηροῖν hupnēroîn | ὑπνηροῖς hupnēroîs | ὑπνηραῖς hupnēraîs | ὑπνηροῖς hupnēroîs | |||||
Accusative | ὑπνηρόν hupnērón | ὑπνηρᾱ́ν hupnērā́n | ὑπνηρόν hupnērón | ὑπνηρώ hupnērṓ | ὑπνηρᾱ́ hupnērā́ | ὑπνηρώ hupnērṓ | ὑπνηρούς hupnēroús | ὑπνηρᾱ́ς hupnērā́s | ὑπνηρᾰ́ hupnērá | |||||
Vocative | ὑπνηρέ hupnēré | ὑπνηρᾱ́ hupnērā́ | ὑπνηρόν hupnērón | ὑπνηρώ hupnērṓ | ὑπνηρᾱ́ hupnērā́ | ὑπνηρώ hupnērṓ | ὑπνηροί hupnēroí | ὑπνηραί hupnēraí | ὑπνηρᾰ́ hupnērá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ὑπνηρῶς hupnērôs | ὑπνηρότερος hupnēróteros | ὑπνηρότᾰτος hupnērótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὑπνηρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὑπνηρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette