κρυπτήριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρύπτω (krúptō, “hide”) +‎ -τήριος (-tḗrios, “adjective-forming suffix added to verb stems”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kryp.tɛ̌ː.ri.os/ → /krypˈti.ri.os/ → /kripˈti.ri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kryp.tɛ̌ː.ri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /krypˈte̝.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /krypˈti.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /krypˈti.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kripˈti.ri.os/

Adjective

κρυπτήρῐος • (kruptḗrĭos) m (feminine κρυπτηρίᾱ, neuter κρυπτήρῐον); first/second declension

1. convenient for concealing

Declension

First and second declension of κρῠπτήρῐος; κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱ; κρῠπτήρῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κρῠπτήρῐος krŭptḗrĭos	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱ krŭptērĭ́ā	κρῠπτήρῐον krŭptḗrĭon		κρῠπτηρῐ́ω krŭptērĭ́ō	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱ krŭptērĭ́ā	κρῠπτηρῐ́ω krŭptērĭ́ō		κρῠπτήρῐοι krŭptḗrĭoi	κρῠπτήρῐαι krŭptḗrĭai	κρῠπτήρῐᾰ krŭptḗrĭă
Genitive		κρῠπτηρῐ́ου krŭptērĭ́ou	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱς krŭptērĭ́ās	κρῠπτηρῐ́ου krŭptērĭ́ou		κρῠπτηρῐ́οιν krŭptērĭ́oin	κρῠπτηρῐ́αιν krŭptērĭ́ain	κρῠπτηρῐ́οιν krŭptērĭ́oin		κρῠπτηρῐ́ων krŭptērĭ́ōn	κρῠπτηρῐ́ων krŭptērĭ́ōn	κρῠπτηρῐ́ων krŭptērĭ́ōn
Dative		κρῠπτηρῐ́ῳ krŭptērĭ́ōi	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾳ krŭptērĭ́āi	κρῠπτηρῐ́ῳ krŭptērĭ́ōi		κρῠπτηρῐ́οιν krŭptērĭ́oin	κρῠπτηρῐ́αιν krŭptērĭ́ain	κρῠπτηρῐ́οιν krŭptērĭ́oin		κρῠπτηρῐ́οις krŭptērĭ́ois	κρῠπτηρῐ́αις krŭptērĭ́ais	κρῠπτηρῐ́οις krŭptērĭ́ois
Accusative		κρῠπτήρῐον krŭptḗrĭon	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱν krŭptērĭ́ān	κρῠπτήρῐον krŭptḗrĭon		κρῠπτηρῐ́ω krŭptērĭ́ō	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱ krŭptērĭ́ā	κρῠπτηρῐ́ω krŭptērĭ́ō		κρῠπτηρῐ́ους krŭptērĭ́ous	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱς krŭptērĭ́ās	κρῠπτήρῐᾰ krŭptḗrĭă
Vocative		κρῠπτήρῐε krŭptḗrĭe	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱ krŭptērĭ́ā	κρῠπτήρῐον krŭptḗrĭon		κρῠπτηρῐ́ω krŭptērĭ́ō	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱ krŭptērĭ́ā	κρῠπτηρῐ́ω krŭptērĭ́ō		κρῠπτήρῐοι krŭptḗrĭoi	κρῠπτήρῐαι krŭptḗrĭai	κρῠπτήρῐᾰ krŭptḗrĭă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κρῠπτηρῐ́ως krŭptērĭ́ōs				κρῠπτηρῐώτερος krŭptērĭṓteros				κρῠπτηρῐώτᾰτος krŭptērĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κρυπτήριον (kruptḗrion)

Further reading

• κρυπτήριος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κρυπτήριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press