κρύπτης

See also: κρυπτῆς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide”) +‎ -ης (-ēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krýp.tɛːs/ → /ˈkryp.tis/ → /ˈkrip.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krýp.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkryp.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkryp.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkryp.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkrip.tis/

Noun

κρύπτης • (krúptēs) m (genitive κρύπτου); first declension

1. a member of the Spartan κρυπτεία (krupteía)

Declension

First declension of ὁ κρύπτης; τοῦ κρύπτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κρύπτης ho krúptēs	τὼ κρύπτᾱ tṑ krúptā	οἱ κρύπται hoi krúptai
Genitive	τοῦ κρύπτου toû krúptou	τοῖν κρύπταιν toîn krúptain	τῶν κρυπτῶν tôn kruptôn
Dative	τῷ κρύπτῃ tôi krúptēi	τοῖν κρύπταιν toîn krúptain	τοῖς κρύπταις toîs krúptais
Accusative	τὸν κρύπτην tòn krúptēn	τὼ κρύπτᾱ tṑ krúptā	τοὺς κρύπτᾱς toùs krúptās
Vocative	κρύπτᾰ krúpta	κρύπτᾱ krúptā	κρύπται krúptai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κρύπτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press