ἐνύπν-ιον, τό, (ὕπνος)
1. thing seen in sleep, in appos. with ὄνειρος, θεῖός μοι ἐνύπνιον ἦλθεν ὄνειρος a dream from the gods, a vision in sleep, came to me, Od. 14.495, Il. 2.56; ἐ. τὰ ἐς ἀνθρώπους πεπλανημένα Hdt. 7.16. β; ἐ. παιδός the vision of a boy, AP 12.125 (Mel.): used adverbially, ἐ. ἑστιᾶσθαι ’to feast with the Barmecide’, Ar. V. 1218; κακοδαίμον’ οὕτω δεσπότην οὐδ’ ἐ. ἰδών Men. Pk. 169; later κατ’ ἐνύπνιον AP 11.150 (Ammian.); cf.sq.
2. after Hom., = ὄνειρος, dream, ὄψις ἐνυπνίου the vision of a dream, Hdt. 8.54; ὄψις ἐμφανὴς ἐνυπνίων A. Pers. 518, cf. 226, Pl. R. 572b; ἐνυπνίῳ πιθέσθαι Pi. O. 13.79; ἐ. ἰδεῖν Ar. V. 25, Pl. Plt. 290b; τέλεον τὸ ἐ. ἀποτετέλεσται Id. R. 443b; ἐνύπνια κρίνειν Theoc. 21.29, Sammelb. 685 (ii B. C.): - Artem. (1.1 b) distinguishes ἐνύπνιον a mere dream, and ὄνειρος a significant, prophetic one; but the distn. is not generally observed, exc. by Philo.
ἐνύπνιον enypnion 1x
a dream; in NT a supernatural suggestion or impression received during sleep, a sleep-vision, [Act 2:17]
G1798 — ἐνύπνιον
ἐνυπνίου, τό (ἐν and ὕπνος, what appears in sleep; from Aeschylus down), a dream (Latininsomnium), a vision which presents itself to one in sleep: [Act 2:17], on which passage see ἐνυπνιάζω. (the Sept. for חֲלום.)