ἐνύπνιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, (ὕπνος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[thing seen in sleep]], in appos. with <b class="b3">ὄνειρος, θεῖός μοι ἐνύπνιον ἦλθεν ὄνειρος</b> a dream from the gods, [[a vision in sleep]], came to me, <span class="bibl">Od.14.495</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.2.56</span>; ἐ. τὰ ἐς ἀνθρώπους πεπλανημένα <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.16</span>.<b class="b3">β; ἐ. παιδός</b> [[the vision]] of a boy, <span class="title">AP</span>12.125 (Mel.): used adverbially, <b class="b3">ἐ. ἑστιᾶσθαι</b> 'to feast with the Barmecide', <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1218</span>; κακοδαίμον' οὕτω δεσπότην οὐδ' ἐ. ἰδών <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Pk.</span>169</span>; later κατ' ἐνύπνιον <span class="title">AP</span>11.150 (Ammian.); cf.sq. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., = [[ὄνειρος]], [[dream]], <b class="b3">ὄψις ἐνυπνίου</b> the vision <b class="b2">of a dream</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.54</span>; ὄψις ἐμφανὴς ἐνυπνίων <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pers.</span>518</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">226</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>572b</span>; ἐνυπνίῳ πιθέσθαι <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.79</span>; ἐ. ἰδεῖν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>25</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>290b</span>; τέλεον τὸ ἐ. ἀποτετέλεσται <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>443b</span>; ἐνύπνια κρίνειν <span class="bibl">Theoc.21.29</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>685</span> (ii B. C.):—Artem. (<span class="bibl">1.1</span> b) distinguishes <b class="b3">ἐνύπνιον</b> <b class="b2">a mere dream</b>, and <b class="b3">ὄνειρος</b> <b class="b2">a significant, prophetic one;</b> but the distn. is not generally observed, exc. by Philo.</span>