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ὑπνώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπνώδης ὑπνώδες

Structure: ὑπνωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. sleepy, drowsy

Examples

  • καὶ σχεδὸν ἐν πᾶσι μόνον εὑρ́ισκε τὸ δῆγμα τῆσ ἀσπίδοσ ἄνευ σπασμοῦ καὶ στεναγμοῦ κάρον ὑπνώδη καὶ καταφορὰν ἐφελκόμενον, ἱδρῶτι μαλακῷ τοῦ προσώπου, καὶ τῶν αἰσθητηρίων ἀμαυρώσει παραλυομένων ῥᾳδίωσ καὶ δυσχεραινόντων πρὸσ τὰσ ἐξεγέρσεισ καὶ ἀνακλίσεισ, ὥσπερ οἱ βαθέωσ καθεύδοντεσ. (Plutarch, Antony, chapter 71 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. sleepy

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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