ὑπνωτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from ὑπνόω (hupnóō, “I put to sleep”) +‎ -τικός (-tikós, adjectival derivational suffix); see ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.pnɔː.ti.kós/ → /y.pno.tiˈkos/ → /i.pno.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.pnɔː.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.pno.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.pno.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.pno.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.pno.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ῠ̔πνωτῐκός • (hupnōtikós) m (feminine ῠ̔πνωτῐκή, neuter ῠ̔πνωτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. inclined to sleep, sleepy
2. inducing sleep, soporific

Inflection

First and second declension of ῠ̔πνωτῐκός; ῠ̔πνωτῐκή; ῠ̔πνωτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῠ̔πνωτῐκός hupnōtikós	ῠ̔πνωτῐκή hupnōtikḗ	ῠ̔πνωτῐκόν hupnōtikón		ῠ̔πνωτῐκώ hupnōtikṓ	ῠ̔πνωτῐκᾱ́ hupnōtikā́	ῠ̔πνωτῐκώ hupnōtikṓ		ῠ̔πνωτῐκοί hupnōtikoí	ῠ̔πνωτῐκαί hupnōtikaí	ῠ̔πνωτῐκᾰ́ hupnōtiká
Genitive		ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῦ hupnōtikoû	ῠ̔πνωτῐκῆς hupnōtikês	ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῦ hupnōtikoû		ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῖν hupnōtikoîn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκαῖν hupnōtikaîn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῖν hupnōtikoîn		ῠ̔πνωτῐκῶν hupnōtikôn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκῶν hupnōtikôn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκῶν hupnōtikôn
Dative		ῠ̔πνωτῐκῷ hupnōtikôi	ῠ̔πνωτῐκῇ hupnōtikêi	ῠ̔πνωτῐκῷ hupnōtikôi		ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῖν hupnōtikoîn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκαῖν hupnōtikaîn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῖν hupnōtikoîn		ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῖς hupnōtikoîs	ῠ̔πνωτῐκαῖς hupnōtikaîs	ῠ̔πνωτῐκοῖς hupnōtikoîs
Accusative		ῠ̔πνωτῐκόν hupnōtikón	ῠ̔πνωτῐκήν hupnōtikḗn	ῠ̔πνωτῐκόν hupnōtikón		ῠ̔πνωτῐκώ hupnōtikṓ	ῠ̔πνωτῐκᾱ́ hupnōtikā́	ῠ̔πνωτῐκώ hupnōtikṓ		ῠ̔πνωτῐκούς hupnōtikoús	ῠ̔πνωτῐκᾱ́ς hupnōtikā́s	ῠ̔πνωτῐκᾰ́ hupnōtiká
Vocative		ῠ̔πνωτῐκέ hupnōtiké	ῠ̔πνωτῐκή hupnōtikḗ	ῠ̔πνωτῐκόν hupnōtikón		ῠ̔πνωτῐκώ hupnōtikṓ	ῠ̔πνωτῐκᾱ́ hupnōtikā́	ῠ̔πνωτῐκώ hupnōtikṓ		ῠ̔πνωτῐκοί hupnōtikoí	ῠ̔πνωτῐκαί hupnōtikaí	ῠ̔πνωτῐκᾰ́ hupnōtiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ῠ̔πνωτῐκῶς hupnōtikôs				ῠ̔πνωτῐκώτερος hupnōtikṓteros				ῠ̔πνωτῐκώτᾰτος hupnōtikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Late Latin: hypnōticus
  • → French: hypnotique
    • → English: hypnotic
    • → Italian: ipnotico
    • → Portuguese: hipnótico
    • → Spanish: hipnótico

Further reading

• “ὑπνωτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὑπνωτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette