Hypnos

See also: hypnos

English

Hypnos (sleep) and his twin brother Thanatos (death)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos, literally “Sleep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪpnɒs/, /ˈhɪpnoʊs/

Proper noun

Hypnos

1. (Greek mythology) 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.

Translations

Hypnos, the Greek god of sleep

• Breton: Hypnos m
• Bulgarian: Хипнос m (Hipnos)
• Catalan: Himnos m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 許普諾斯／许普诺斯 (heoi² pou² nok⁶ si¹)

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 許普諾斯／许普诺斯 (xǔpǔnuòsī)

• Czech: Hypnos m
• Danish: Hypnos c
• Dutch: Hypnos m
• Estonian: Hypnos (et)
• Finnish: Hypnos
• French: Hypnos (fr) m
• German: Hypnos m
• Greek: Ύπνος (el) m (Ýpnos)

  Ancient: Ὕπνος m (Húpnos)

• Hebrew: היפנוס
• Hungarian: Hüpnosz (hu)
• Italian: Ipno m
• Japanese: ヒュプノス (Hyupunosu)
• Korean: 히프노스 (Hipeunoseu)
• Lithuanian: Hipnas m
• Marathi: हिपनोस m (hipnos)
• Norwegian: Hypnos m
• Polish: Hypnos (pl) m
• Portuguese: Hipnos m
• Romanian: Hypnos m
• Russian: Ги́пнос (ru) m (Gípnos), Гипно́с (ru) m (Gipnós)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хипнос, Хипно

  Roman: Hipno, Hipnos (sh)

• Slovak: Hypnos m
• Slovene: Hipnos m
• Spanish: Hipnos m
• Swedish: Hypnos c
• Thai: ฮิปนอส (hípnôt)
• Ukrainian: Гі́пнос (uk) m (Hípnos)

Anagrams

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Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).

Proper noun

Hypnos m

1. (Greek mythology) Hypnos

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɪpnos]

Proper noun

Hypnos m anim

1. (Greek mythology) Hypnos

Declension

This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).

Proper noun

Hypnos c

1. (Greek mythology) Hypnos

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).

Proper noun

Hypnos m

1. (Greek mythology) Hypnos

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhypnos/, [ˈ(h)ypnos]

Proper noun

Hypnos

1. (Greek mythology) Hypnos

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhypnos/, [ˈhypno̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -ypnos
• Syllabification^(key): Hyp‧nos

Proper noun

Hypnos

1. (Greek mythology) Hypnos

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ip.nos/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Hypnos m

1. (Greek mythology) Hypnos

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).

Proper noun

Hypnos m

1. (Greek mythology) Hypnos

Norwegian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).

Proper noun

Hypnos m

1. (Greek mythology) Hypnos

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos). Doublet of hipnoza and sen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɨp.nɔs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɨpnɔs
• Syllabification: Hyp‧nos

Proper noun

Hypnos m pers

1. (Greek mythology) Hypnos

Declension

Declension of Hypnos

	singular
nominative	Hypnos
genitive	Hypnosa
dative	Hypnosowi
accusative	Hypnosa
instrumental	Hypnosem
locative	Hypnosie
vocative	Hypnosie

Further reading

• Hypnos in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhipnos]

Proper noun

Hypnos m (genitive/dative lui Hypnos)

1. (Greek mythology) Hypnos

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦipnɔs]

Proper noun

Hypnos m anim

1. (Greek mythology) Hypnos

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos).

Proper noun

Hypnos c (genitive Hypnos)

1. (Greek mythology) Hypnos

Turkish

Proper noun

Hypnos

1. (Greek mythology) Hypnos