noun · femininethird declension
ypnālis
ypnālis f (genitive ypnālis)
Ecclesiastical[ipˈnaː.lis]
Meaning
- Medieval Latinhypnalis, a legendary asp
Ypnale genus aspidis dicta, quod sompno necat. Hanc sibi Cleopatra apposuit, et ista morte quasi sompno soluta est.
There is a kind of asp called ypnalis, because it kills you by sending you to sleep. It was this snake that Cleopatra applied to herself, and was released by death as if by sleep.c. 1400, Aberdeen Bestiary, page 68:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ypnālis | ypnālēs |
| genitive | ypnālis | ypnālium |
| dative | ypnālī | ypnālibus |
| accusative | ypnālem | ypnālēs ypnālīs |
| ablative | ypnāle | ypnālibus |
| vocative | ypnālis | ypnālēs |
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *swep-der. Proto-Indo-European *supnós Proto-Hellenic *húpnos Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos) Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin ypnālis From Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”) + Latin -ālis.
Descendants
- Englishhypnalis
In English words that came into English from ypnālis
- hypnalisypnālis