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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

  • ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ τὴν ἔκθεσιν αὐτὴν εἰ μὲν ἀληθῶσ ἐγένετο καθεύδοντοσ ψέγουσι, καὶ Τυρρηνοὺσ ἱστορίαν τινά φασι διαφυλάττειν ὡσ ὑπνώδουσ φύσει τοῦ Ὀδυσσέωσ γενομένου καὶ δυσεντεύκτου διὰ τοῦτο τοῖσ πολλοῖσ ὄντοσ. (Plutarch, Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat, chapter, section 8 36:2)

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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