The corpus record

ὑπν-ώσσω

upnosso

to be sleepy

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Where it lives

Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ὑπν-ώσσω · hypn-ōssō — LSJ

to be sleepy, drowsy, sleep, knows, sleep

to be sleepy or drowsy, ἄγαν ὑπνώσσεις A. Eu. 121, cf. 124, Hp. Epid. 7.11 (v. ὑπνόω II), Pl. R. 534c, Arist. PA 653a14, Gal. 4.436, 439: simply, sleep, E. Or. 173 (lyr.), Cyc. 454 (where Herm. ὑπνώσσῃ for -ώσῃ): metaph., φόβῳ δʼ οὐχ ὑπνώσσει κέαρ my heart knows not sleep, A. Th. 288 (lyr.).

In the wild

ὑπνώσσεις · hypnōsseis Aeschylus, Eumenides 121
ὑπνώσσεις · hypnōsseis Aeschylus, Eumenides 124
ὑπνώσσει · hypnōssei Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 288
ὑπνώττων · hypnōttōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.5 (DIORISIS sentence 4476)
ὑπνώσσει · hypnōssei Euripides, Orestes 2 (DIORISIS sentence 104)
ὑπνώττοντα · hypnōttonta Plato, Republic 7.534 (DIORISIS sentence 4582)

Where it came from

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