ypnalis
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”) + -ālis.
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ipˈna.lis/, [ipˈnäːlis]
Noun edit
ypnālis f (genitive ypnālis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin) hypnalis, a legendary asp
- c. 1400, Aberdeen Bestiary[1], page 68:
- Ypnale genus aspidis dicta, quod sompno necat. Hanc sibi Cleopatra apposuit, et ista morte quasi sompno soluta est.
- There is a kind of asp called ypnalis, because it kills you by sending you to sleep. It was this snake that Cleopatra applied to herself, and was released by death as if by sleep.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ypnālis | ypnālēs |
| Genitive | ypnālis | ypnālium |
| Dative | ypnālī | ypnālibus |
| Accusative | ypnālem | ypnālēs ypnālīs |
| Ablative | ypnāle | ypnālibus |
| Vocative | ypnālis | ypnālēs |
Descendants edit
- → English: hypnalis
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