ἄγρυπνος

See also: άγρυπνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀγρός (agrós, “field”) +‎ ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”). The original meaning was "who sleeps outside", which developed into "sleepless, awake".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.ɡry.pnos/ → /ˈa.ɣry.pnos/ → /ˈa.ɣri.pnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.ɡry.pnos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡry.pnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣry.pnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣry.pnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɣri.pnos/

Adjective

ἄγρῠπνος • (ágrupnos) m or f (neuter ἄγρῠπνου); second declension

1. wakeful, sleepless, vigilant
2. banishing sleep, keeping awake

Inflection

Second declension of ἄγρῠπνος; ἄγρῠπνον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄγρῠπνος ágrupnos	ἄγρῠπνον ágrupnon		ἀγρῠ́πνω agrúpnō	ἀγρῠ́πνω agrúpnō		ἄγρῠπνοι ágrupnoi	ἄγρῠπνᾰ ágrupna
Genitive		ἀγρῠ́πνου agrúpnou	ἀγρῠ́πνου agrúpnou		ἀγρῠ́πνοιν agrúpnoin	ἀγρῠ́πνοιν agrúpnoin		ἀγρῠ́πνων agrúpnōn	ἀγρῠ́πνων agrúpnōn
Dative		ἀγρῠ́πνῳ agrúpnōi	ἀγρῠ́πνῳ agrúpnōi		ἀγρῠ́πνοιν agrúpnoin	ἀγρῠ́πνοιν agrúpnoin		ἀγρῠ́πνοις agrúpnois	ἀγρῠ́πνοις agrúpnois
Accusative		ἄγρῠπνον ágrupnon	ἄγρῠπνον ágrupnon		ἀγρῠ́πνω agrúpnō	ἀγρῠ́πνω agrúpnō		ἀγρῠ́πνους agrúpnous	ἄγρῠπνᾰ ágrupna
Vocative		ἄγρῠπνε ágrupne	ἄγρῠπνον ágrupnon		ἀγρῠ́πνω agrúpnō	ἀγρῠ́πνω agrúpnō		ἄγρῠπνοι ágrupnoi	ἄγρῠπνᾰ ágrupna
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀγρῠ́πνως agrúpnōs			ἀγρῠπνότερος agrupnóteros			ἀγρῠπνότᾰτος agrupnótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀγρῠπνέω (agrupnéō)
• ἀγρῠπνητήρ (agrupnētḗr)
• ἀγρῠπνητής (agrupnētḗs)
• ἀγρῠπνητῐκος (agrupnētikos)
• ἀγρῠπνῐ́ᾱ (agrupníā)
• ἀγρῠπνώδης (agrupnṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: άγρυπνος (ágrypnos)

Further reading

• “ἄγρυπνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄγρυπνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄγρυπνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄγρυπνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN