A.to be drowsy, tired, “τοὺς δ᾽ αὖτε καὶ ὑπνώοντας ἐγείρει” Il.24.344, Od.5.48, 24.4; “ὅτε . . ἐπὶ κοῖτον ἐκ νομοῦ ὑπνώουσα κίῃ” Nic.Th.127; but elsewh., sleep, “τὴν εἴσιδον ὑπνώουσα” Mosch.2.24; “ἔννυχον ὑπνώοντι” Maiist.22; “ὑπνώοντες ῥέγκουσιν” Nic.Th.433; ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἀμοιβαδὸν ὑπνώεσκε, of Argus, Q.S.10.191: metaph. of the stars, Coluth.349 (s. v.l.).
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ὑπν-ώω , Ep. Verb, perh.