ἐνύπν-ιον, τό,
(ὕπνος) thing seen in sleep, in apposition with ὄνειρος, θεῖός μοι ἐνύπνιον ἦλθεν ὄνειρος a dream from the gods, a vision in sleep, came to me, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.495, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.56; ἐ. τὰ ἐς ἀνθρώπους πεπλανημένα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.16 ] Refs 8th c.BC+].; ἐ. παιδός the vision of a boy, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 12.125 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus): used adverbially, ἐ. ἑστιᾶσθαι] Refs 1st c.BC+] 'to feast with the Barmecide', [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1218; κακοδαίμον᾽ οὕτω δεσπότην οὐδ᾽ ἐ. ἰδών 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 169; later κατ᾽ ἐνύπνιον “Anthologia Graeca” 11.150 (2nd c.AD: Ammianus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare{ἐνύπνιος}
__2 after [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, ={ὄνειρος}] Refs 8th c.BC+], dream, ὄψις ἐνυπνίου the vision of a dream, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.54; ὄψις ἐμφανὴς ἐνυπνίων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 518, compare 226, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 572b; ἐνυπνίῳ πιθέσθαι 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.79; ἐ. ἰδεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 25, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 290b; τέλεον τὸ ἐ. ἀποτετέλεσται [prev. author] “R.” 443b; ἐνύπνια κρίνειν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.29, “Sammelb.” 685 (2nd c.BC):— 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus (1.1 b) distinguishes ἐνύπνιον] Refs 5th c.BC+] a mere dream, and ὄνειρος a significant, prophetic one; but the distinction is not generally observed, except by Philo.