LogeionPerseus analysis of ὕπνος:
ὕπνος (sleep, slumber): masc nom sg
LSJ entry
ὕπνος
ὕπνος,
ὁ,
I. of going to sleep, μιν ἐπήλυθε . . ὕ. Od. 4.793;
ἐπὶ . . ὕ. ὄρουσεν Il. 23.232;
ἱκάνει 1.610;
ἔχει 10.4,
etc.; τὸν ὕ. ἔμαρπτε 23.62,
al.; ᾕρει 24.4,
al.; λαμβάνει S. Ph. 767;
opp. ὕπνος ἀνῆκέ τινα Il. 2.71,
Od. 19.551,
Pl. Prt. 310d:
of persons, ὕπνον ἀωτεῖν Il. 10.159,
etc.; ὕπνου δῶρον ἕλοντο Od. 16.481,
etc.; λαβεῖν Pl. Smp. 223b;
κοιμᾶσθαι X. Hier. 6.7;
ἡδὺν ὕπνον καθεύδειν Men. Kith.Fr. 1.5;
ὕπνου τυχεῖν Ar. Ach. 713;
μικρὸν ὕπνου λαχών X. An. 3.1.11;
ὕπνου λαχεῖν μέρος Cratin. 218;
ἐν ὕπνῳ or ὕπνῳ πεσεῖν to fall a-sleep, Pi. I. 4(3).23(41),
A. Eu. 68;
εἰς ὕπνον πεσεῖν S. Ph. 826;
οὐχ ὕπνῳ γʼ ἐνδόντα (so Badham for εὕδοντά)
μʼ ἐξεγείρετε Id. OT 65;
also ὕπνῳ δεδμημένος, δαμείς, Il. 10.2,
14.353,
etc.; νικώμενος, κρατηθεῖσʼ, A. Ag. 290,
Eu. 148 (lyr.); κάτοχος S. Tr. 978 (lyr.); σκεδάσαι . . ἀπὸ βλεφάρων ὕπνον ib.991 (lyr.). 3. with Preps., when the pl. also is not uncommon, ἐν ὕπνῳ in sleep, in a dream, E. IT 44,
Pl. R. 476c;
ἐν τοῖς ὕ. ib.572b,
Sph. 266b,
Isoc. 9.21,
PCair.Zen. 34.5 (iii B.C.);
καθʼ ὕπνον ὄντα S. Tr. 970 (lyr.), cf. Pl. Lg. 800a;
καθʼ ὕπνον, κατὰ τοὺς ὕπνους, Plu. 2.717e,555b, Alex. 50;
περὶ πρῶτον ὕ. about oneʼs first sleep, Ar. V. 31,
Th. 2.2;
περὶ πρώτους ὕ. Eub. 13;
ἀπὸ πρώτου ὕ. Th. 7.43;
διὰ μέσων τῶν ὕ. Plu. Them. 28;
ἐκ τῶν ὕ. ἐγείρεσθαι Pl. R. 330e:
pl., dreams, ὕ. ἀγένητοι Phld. D. 1.22.
II. Sleep, as a god, twinbrother of Death, Il. 14.231,
16.672,
682;
acc. to Hes. Th. 212,
son of Night without father. [
ῠ by nature, A. Th. 3,
Ag. 14,
912,
etc.; ῡ by position in Ep.,
etc.] (Cf. Skt. svápati ‘sleep’, Subst. svápnas ‘sleep, dreamʼ; Lat. somnus, sopor, etc.)