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hypnos

/ˈhɪpnɒs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.79 in modern English

Syllables
hyp-nos
IPA
/ˈhɪpnɒs/
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

How do you pronounce hypnos?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɪpnɒs/.
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.
Where does hypnos come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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