hypnoticus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inducing sleep”, “soporific”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hypˈnoː.tɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ipˈnɔː.ti.kus]

Adjective

hypnōticus (feminine hypnōtica, neuter hypnōticum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) of or pertaining to sleep

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hypnōticus	hypnōtica	hypnōticum		hypnōticī	hypnōticae	hypnōtica
genitive	hypnōticī	hypnōticae	hypnōticī		hypnōticōrum	hypnōticārum	hypnōticōrum
dative	hypnōticō	hypnōticae	hypnōticō		hypnōticīs
accusative	hypnōticum	hypnōticam	hypnōticum		hypnōticōs	hypnōticās	hypnōtica
ablative	hypnōticō	hypnōticā	hypnōticō		hypnōticīs
vocative	hypnōtice	hypnōtica	hypnōticum		hypnōticī	hypnōticae	hypnōtica

Descendants

• → French: hypnotique
  • → English: hypnotic
  • → Italian: ipnotico
  • → Polish: hipnotyczny
  • → Portuguese: hipnótico
  • → Romanian: hipnotic
  • → Spanish: hipnótico

References

• “hypnoticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hypnoticus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.