ἐνύπνιον: Difference between revisions

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