κρύφιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρύπτω (krúptō, “hide, conceal”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, “pertaining to, belonging to”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /krý.pʰi.os/ → /ˈkry.ɸi.os/ → /ˈkri.fi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /krý.pʰi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkry.pʰi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkry.ɸi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkry.fi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkri.fi.os/

Adjective

κρύφῐος • (krúphios) m (feminine κρῠφίᾱ, neuter κρύφῐον); first/second declension

1. hidden, concealed
2. secret, clandestine
3. occult

Declension

First and second declension of κρῠ́φῐος; κρῠφῐ́ᾱ; κρῠ́φῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κρῠ́φῐος krúphios	κρῠφῐ́ᾱ kruphíā	κρῠ́φῐον krúphion		κρῠφῐ́ω kruphíō	κρῠφῐ́ᾱ kruphíā	κρῠφῐ́ω kruphíō		κρῠ́φῐοι krúphioi	κρῠ́φῐαι krúphiai	κρῠ́φῐᾰ krúphia
Genitive		κρῠφῐ́ου kruphíou	κρῠφῐ́ᾱς kruphíās	κρῠφῐ́ου kruphíou		κρῠφῐ́οιν kruphíoin	κρῠφῐ́αιν kruphíain	κρῠφῐ́οιν kruphíoin		κρῠφῐ́ων kruphíōn	κρῠφῐ́ων kruphíōn	κρῠφῐ́ων kruphíōn
Dative		κρῠφῐ́ῳ kruphíōi	κρῠφῐ́ᾳ kruphíāi	κρῠφῐ́ῳ kruphíōi		κρῠφῐ́οιν kruphíoin	κρῠφῐ́αιν kruphíain	κρῠφῐ́οιν kruphíoin		κρῠφῐ́οις kruphíois	κρῠφῐ́αις kruphíais	κρῠφῐ́οις kruphíois
Accusative		κρῠ́φῐον krúphion	κρῠφῐ́ᾱν kruphíān	κρῠ́φῐον krúphion		κρῠφῐ́ω kruphíō	κρῠφῐ́ᾱ kruphíā	κρῠφῐ́ω kruphíō		κρῠφῐ́ους kruphíous	κρῠφῐ́ᾱς kruphíās	κρῠ́φῐᾰ krúphia
Vocative		κρῠ́φῐε krúphie	κρῠφῐ́ᾱ kruphíā	κρῠ́φῐον krúphion		κρῠφῐ́ω kruphíō	κρῠφῐ́ᾱ kruphíā	κρῠφῐ́ω kruphíō		κρῠ́φῐοι krúphioi	κρῠ́φῐαι krúphiai	κρῠ́φῐᾰ krúphia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κρῠφῐ́ως kruphíōs				κρῠφῐώτερος kruphiṓteros				κρῠφῐώτᾰτος kruphiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

κρύφῐος • (krúphios) m (genitive κρῠφίου); second declension

1. (Koine, in the vocative) my friend
2. a fabulous gem
3. title of a grade of initiates in the mysteries of Mithras

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κρῠ́φῐος; τοῦ κρῠφῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κρῠ́φῐος ho krúphios	τὼ κρῠφῐ́ω tṑ kruphíō	οἱ κρῠ́φῐοι hoi krúphioi
Genitive	τοῦ κρῠφῐ́ου toû kruphíou	τοῖν κρῠφῐ́οιν toîn kruphíoin	τῶν κρῠφῐ́ων tôn kruphíōn
Dative	τῷ κρῠφῐ́ῳ tôi kruphíōi	τοῖν κρῠφῐ́οιν toîn kruphíoin	τοῖς κρῠφῐ́οις toîs kruphíois
Accusative	τὸν κρῠ́φῐον tòn krúphion	τὼ κρῠφῐ́ω tṑ kruphíō	τοὺς κρῠφῐ́ους toùs kruphíous
Vocative	κρῠ́φῐε krúphie	κρῠφῐ́ω kruphíō	κρῠ́φῐοι krúphioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• κρύφιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κρύφιος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “κρύφιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κρύφιος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • clandestine idem, page 134.
  • covert idem, page 180.
  • dark idem, page 195.
  • furtive idem, page 351.
  • hidden idem, page 398.
  • obscure idem, page 566.
  • secret idem, page 747.
  • stealthy idem, page 814.
  • underhand idem, page 913.