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‖ ˈhypnale Obs.
[ad. late L. hypnalē (Solinus), a. Gr. ὑπναλέη, fem. of ὑπναλέος sending to sleep, f. ὕπνος sleep.]
(See quots.)
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. x. (1495) 763 Ympnalis is a manere of adder that sleeth wyth slepe. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 560 The Dipsas killes those whom shee stingeth with thirst. The Hypanale with sleep, as befell to Cleopatra. 1635Swan Spec. M. (1670) 440 Those whom the Hypnale stingeth die with sleep. |