υπνοβάτης
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Etymology
Calque of French somnambule. From ύπν(ος) (“sleeping”) + -ο- + -βάτης (“walker”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
υπνοβάτης • (ypnovátis) m (feminine υπνοβάτισσα or υπνοβάτις)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | υπνοβάτης (ypnovátis) | υπνοβάτες (ypnovátes) |
| genitive | υπνοβάτη (ypnováti) | υπνοβατών (ypnovatón) |
| accusative | υπνοβάτη (ypnováti) | υπνοβάτες (ypnovátes) |
| vocative | υπνοβάτη (ypnováti) | υπνοβάτες (ypnovátes) |
Synonyms
- νυκτοβάτης m (nyktovátis, “(literally): nightwalker”)
Derived terms
- υπνοβασία (ypnovasía)
- υπνοβατώ (ypnovató)
Related terms
- υπνοβάτις f (ypnovátis) (formal, ancient, as in: Η Υπνοβάτις title of the opera La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini)
References
- υπνοβάτης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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