I.to sleep, lie down to sleep, Hom., etc.; c. acc. cogn., εὕδειν ὕπνον Od., Eur., Theocr.; also, ὕπνωι εὕδειν Soph.; βραδὺς εὕδει, i. e. sleep detains him, id=Soph.
2.of the sleep of death, Il., Soph.
II.metaph. to be still, be hushed, of wind, sea, etc., Il., Aesch.; of the mind, to be at ease, content, Plat., Theocr.