κρυπτήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρύπτω (krúptō, “hide, conceal”) +‎ -τήρ (-tḗr, “a suffix added to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kryp.tɛ̌ːr/ → /krypˈtir/ → /kripˈtir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kryp.tɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /krypˈte̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /krypˈtir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /krypˈtir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kripˈtir/

Noun

κρυπτήρ • (kruptḗr) m (genitive κρυπτῆρος); third declension

1. a dungeon, crypt

Declension

Third declension of ὁ κρυπτήρ; τοῦ κρυπτῆρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κρυπτήρ ho kruptḗr	τὼ κρυπτῆρε tṑ kruptêre	οἱ κρυπτῆρες hoi kruptêres
Genitive	τοῦ κρυπτῆρος toû kruptêros	τοῖν κρυπτήροιν toîn kruptḗroin	τῶν κρυπτήρων tôn kruptḗrōn
Dative	τῷ κρυπτῆρῐ tôi kruptêri	τοῖν κρυπτήροιν toîn kruptḗroin	τοῖς κρυπτῆρσῐ / κρυπτῆρσῐν toîs kruptêrsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κρυπτῆρᾰ tòn kruptêra	τὼ κρυπτῆρε tṑ kruptêre	τοὺς κρυπτῆρᾰς toùs kruptêras
Vocative	κρυπτήρ kruptḗr	κρυπτῆρε kruptêre	κρυπτῆρες kruptêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.