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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὝπνος
- English todayHypnos
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos, literally “Sleep”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient GreekὝπνος all →
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Hypnos
Today it means: The god and personification of sleep. The son of Nyx and Erebus, twin brother of Thanatos, husband of Pasithea, and the father of the Oneiroi. His Roman counterpart is Somnus. Full definition →
Ancient Greek Ὕπνος