What does "hypnos" mean?

The god and personification of sleep. The son of Nyx and Erebus, twin brother of Thanatos, husband of Pasithea, and the father of the Oneiroi. His Roman counterpart is Somnus.

What is a synonym for "hypnos"?

Common synonyms include: sleep deity, sleep god, sleep morpheme, sleep root, sleep stem, somnus.

Hypnos

/ˈhɪpnɒs/ name

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The god and personification of sleep. The son of Nyx and Erebus, twin brother of Thanatos, husband of Pasithea, and the father of the Oneiroi. His Roman counterpart is Somnus. Greek

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sleep deity sleep god sleep morpheme sleep root sleep stem somnus

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alertness wakefulness

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Húpnos, literally “Sleep”).

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