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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

  • πᾶσ γὰρ μέθυσοσ καὶ πορνοκόποσ πτωχεύσει, καὶ ἐνδύσεται διερρηγμένα καὶ ρακώδη πᾶσ ὑπνώδησ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 23:21)
  • ἀλλ’, ἦν δ’ ἐγώ, ὑπνώδησ αὕτη γέ τισ καὶ σφαλερὰ πρὸσ ὑγίειαν. (Plato, Republic, book 3 374:1)

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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