Hypnos definition

hĭpnŏs
The god of sleep.
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(gr. myth., person, proper) The god of sleep, identified with the Roman Somnus.
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(Greek mythology) 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.
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Origin of hypnos

  • From Ancient Greek Ὕπνος (Hupnos, literally “Sleep”).

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