κρύψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρύπτω (krúptō, “to hide, to conceal”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

κρύψῐς • (krúpsĭs) f (genitive κρύψεως); third declension

1. A hiding, a concealment
   1. A suppression
   2. A concealment of stolen goods
   3. A mystery, a secret

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κρῠ́ψῐς; τῆς κρῠ́ψεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κρῠ́ψῐς hē krŭ́psĭs	τὼ κρῠ́ψει tṑ krŭ́psei	αἱ κρῠ́ψεις hai krŭ́pseis
Genitive	τῆς κρῠ́ψεως tês krŭ́pseōs	τοῖν κρῠψέοιν toîn krŭpséoin	τῶν κρῠ́ψεων tôn krŭ́pseōn
Dative	τῇ κρῠ́ψει têi krŭ́psei	τοῖν κρῠψέοιν toîn krŭpséoin	ταῖς κρῠ́ψεσῐ / κρῠ́ψεσῐν taîs krŭ́psesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κρῠ́ψῐν tḕn krŭ́psĭn	τὼ κρῠ́ψει tṑ krŭ́psei	τᾱ̀ς κρῠ́ψεις tā̀s krŭ́pseis
Vocative	κρῠ́ψῐ krŭ́psĭ	κρῠ́ψει krŭ́psei	κρῠ́ψεις krŭ́pseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Late Latin: crypsis
  • → Catalan: cripsi
  • → English: crypsis

References

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