κρύψις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (krúpsis) 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 krúpsis	τὼ κρῠ́ψει tṑ krúpsei	αἱ κρῠ́ψεις hai krúpseis
Genitive	τῆς κρῠ́ψεως tês krúpseōs	τοῖν κρῠψέοιν toîn krupséoin	τῶν κρῠ́ψεων tôn krúpseōn
Dative	τῇ κρῠ́ψει têi krúpsei	τοῖν κρῠψέοιν toîn krupséoin	ταῖς κρῠ́ψεσῐ / κρῠ́ψεσῐν taîs krúpsesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κρῠ́ψῐν tḕn krúpsin	τὼ κρῠ́ψει tṑ krúpsei	τᾱ̀ς κρῠ́ψεις tā̀s krúpseis
Vocative	κρῠ́ψῐ krúpsi	κρῠ́ψει krúpsei	κρῠ́ψεις krúpseis
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