ἀπόκρυφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπό (apó, “from”) + κρύπτω (krúptō, “I hide”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pó.kry.pʰos/ → /aˈpo.kry.ɸos/ → /aˈpo.kri.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pó.kry.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.kry.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.kry.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.kry.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.kri.fos/

Adjective

ἀπόκρῠφος • (apókrŭphos) m or f (neuter ἀπόκρῠφον); second declension

1. hidden, concealed, secret, unknown
2. obscure, recondite

Declension

Second declension of ἀπόκρῠφος; ἀπόκρῠφον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀπόκρῠφος apókrŭphos	ἀπόκρῠφον apókrŭphon		ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrŭ́phō	ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrŭ́phō		ἀπόκρῠφοι apókrŭphoi	ἀπόκρῠφᾰ apókrŭphă
Genitive		ἀποκρῠ́φου apokrŭ́phou	ἀποκρῠ́φου apokrŭ́phou		ἀποκρῠ́φοιν apokrŭ́phoin	ἀποκρῠ́φοιν apokrŭ́phoin		ἀποκρῠ́φων apokrŭ́phōn	ἀποκρῠ́φων apokrŭ́phōn
Dative		ἀποκρῠ́φῳ apokrŭ́phōi	ἀποκρῠ́φῳ apokrŭ́phōi		ἀποκρῠ́φοιν apokrŭ́phoin	ἀποκρῠ́φοιν apokrŭ́phoin		ἀποκρῠ́φοις apokrŭ́phois	ἀποκρῠ́φοις apokrŭ́phois
Accusative		ἀπόκρῠφον apókrŭphon	ἀπόκρῠφον apókrŭphon		ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrŭ́phō	ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrŭ́phō		ἀποκρῠ́φους apokrŭ́phous	ἀπόκρῠφᾰ apókrŭphă
Vocative		ἀπόκρῠφε apókrŭphe	ἀπόκρῠφον apókrŭphon		ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrŭ́phō	ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrŭ́phō		ἀπόκρῠφοι apókrŭphoi	ἀπόκρῠφᾰ apókrŭphă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀποκρῠ́φως apokrŭ́phōs			ἀποκρῠφώτερος apokrŭphṓteros			ἀποκρῠφώτᾰτος apokrŭphṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: apocryphus
  • Asturian: apócrifu
  • Catalan: apòcrif
  • French: apocryphe
  • Italian: apocrifo
  • Portuguese: apócrifo
  • Romanian: apocrif
  • Spanish: apócrifo

References

• “ἀπόκρῠφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀπόκρυφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀπόκρυφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀπόκρυφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G614 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible