Enipnion

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Enipnion grece fantasma visio insompnium emipnos semisompnus.


Apparatus:

Enipnion AC ef | Enipiniõ B

insopnium (-niũ A) AC | ĩsomnium B | ĩsompinũ f | ĩ sõpniũ e

emipnos AC | Enipnos e {given headword status} | empnos f | emnos B

semisomnus B | semisonus e | semisonnus f | semisopnus (-us A) AC {< semisõpnus with loss of tilde}


Translation:

Enipnion is Greek for Latin fantasma {"apparition, phantom"}, visio {"vision"} and insompnium {"dream"}; emipnos is Greek for Latin semisompnus {"half-asleep"}.


Commentary:

Cf. Greek ἐνύπνιον /enýpnion/ "thing seen in sleep; a vision in sleep" is a compound of ἐν- /en-/ "in" + ὕπνος /hýpnos/ "sleep". Simon has the itacist pronunciation /enípnion/.

ἡμίϋπνος /hēmihypnos/ "half-asleep" is a compound of ἡμι- /hēmi-/ {"half"} + ὕπνος /hýpnos/ {"sleep"}. Medieval Latin speakers would pronounce this Greek word /emí(i)pnos/.


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