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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[sleep]], [[slumber]], Od.11.245, al. (v. infr.); of the [[sleep of death]], κοιμήσατο χάλκεον ὕ. Il.11.241; Κάλχανθ' ὕ. θανάτοιο κάλυψεν Hes.''Fr.''160 codd.Str.; ὕπνῳ καὶ καμάτῳ ἀρημένος Od.6.2, cf. 12.281; τάπητες μαλακώτεροι ὕπνω Theoc.15.125, cf. 5.51.—Special phrases:<br><span class="bld">I</span> 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, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 310d: of persons, ὕπνον ἀωτεῖν Il.10.159, etc.; ὕπνου δῶρον ἕλοντο Od.16.481, etc.; λαβεῖν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 223b; κοιμᾶσθαι X.''Hier.''6.7; ἡδὺν ὕπνον καθεύδειν Men.''Kith.Fr.''1.5; ὕπνου τυχεῖν [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''713; μικρὸν ὕπνου λαχών X. ''An.''3.1.11; ὕπνου λαχεῖν μέρος Cratin.218; [[ἐν ὕπνῳ πεσεῖν]] or [[ὕπνῳ πεσεῖν]] = to [[fall asleep]], Pi.''I.''4(3).23(41), A.''Eu.''68; εἰς ὕπνον πεσεῖν S.''Ph.''826; <b class="b3">οὐχ ὕπνῳ γ' ἐνδόντα</b> (so Badham for [[εὕδοντά]]) μ' ἐξεγείρετε Id.''OT''65; also <b class="b3">ὕπνῳ δεδμημένος, ὕπνῳ δαμείς</b>, Il.10.2, 14.353, etc.; <b class="b3">νικώμενος, κρατηθεῖσ'</b>, A.''Ag.''290, ''Eu.''148 (lyr.); κάτοχος S.''Tr.''978 (lyr.); <b class="b3">σκεδάσαι.. ἀπὸ βλεφάρων ὕπνον</b> ib.991 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> of waking from sleep, ἐγεῖραί τινα ἐξ ὕπνου Od.15.44, etc.: of the sleeper, ἀνόρουσε, ἔγρετο, ἐξ ὕ. Il. 10.162, 2.41; ἐξ ὕ. στῆναι S.''Ph.''277; ἀπολακτίσασ' ὕπνον A.''Eu.''141; ἀποσείσασθαι Luc. ''Tim.''6.<br><span class="bld">3</span> with Preps., when the pl. also is not uncommon, [[ἐν ὕπνῳ]] = [[in sleep]], [[in a dream]], E.''IT''44, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 476c; <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς ὕ.</b> ib.572b, ''Sph.''266b, Isoc.9.21, ''PCair.Zen.''34.5 (iii B.C.); καθ' ὕπνον ὄντα S.''Tr.''970 (lyr.), cf. Pl.''Lg.''800a; <b class="b3">καθ' ὕπνον, κατὰ τοὺς ὕπνους</b>, Plu.2.717e,555b, ''Alex.''50; <b class="b3">περὶ πρῶτον ὕ.</b> about one's 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 [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 330e: pl., [[dreams]], ὕ. ἀγένητοι Phld.''D.''1.22.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[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, dream'; Lat. [[somnus]], [[sopor]], etc.)