κρυπτήριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρύπτω (krúptō, “hide”) +‎ -τήριος (-tḗrios, “adjective-forming suffix added to verb stems”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kryp.tɛ̌ː.ri.os/ → /krypˈti.ri.os/ → /kripˈti.ri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kryp.tɛ̌ː.ri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /krypˈte̝.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /krypˈti.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /krypˈti.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kripˈti.ri.os/

Adjective

κρυπτήρῐος • (kruptḗrios) m (feminine κρυπτηρίᾱ, neuter κρυπτήρῐον); first/second declension

1. convenient for concealing

Declension

First and second declension of κρῠπτήρῐος; κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱ; κρῠπτήρῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κρῠπτήρῐος kruptḗrios	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱ kruptēríā	κρῠπτήρῐον kruptḗrion		κρῠπτηρῐ́ω kruptēríō	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱ kruptēríā	κρῠπτηρῐ́ω kruptēríō		κρῠπτήρῐοι kruptḗrioi	κρῠπτήρῐαι kruptḗriai	κρῠπτήρῐᾰ kruptḗria
Genitive		κρῠπτηρῐ́ου kruptēríou	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱς kruptēríās	κρῠπτηρῐ́ου kruptēríou		κρῠπτηρῐ́οιν kruptēríoin	κρῠπτηρῐ́αιν kruptēríain	κρῠπτηρῐ́οιν kruptēríoin		κρῠπτηρῐ́ων kruptēríōn	κρῠπτηρῐ́ων kruptēríōn	κρῠπτηρῐ́ων kruptēríōn
Dative		κρῠπτηρῐ́ῳ kruptēríōi	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾳ kruptēríāi	κρῠπτηρῐ́ῳ kruptēríōi		κρῠπτηρῐ́οιν kruptēríoin	κρῠπτηρῐ́αιν kruptēríain	κρῠπτηρῐ́οιν kruptēríoin		κρῠπτηρῐ́οις kruptēríois	κρῠπτηρῐ́αις kruptēríais	κρῠπτηρῐ́οις kruptēríois
Accusative		κρῠπτήρῐον kruptḗrion	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱν kruptēríān	κρῠπτήρῐον kruptḗrion		κρῠπτηρῐ́ω kruptēríō	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱ kruptēríā	κρῠπτηρῐ́ω kruptēríō		κρῠπτηρῐ́ους kruptēríous	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱς kruptēríās	κρῠπτήρῐᾰ kruptḗria
Vocative		κρῠπτήρῐε kruptḗrie	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱ kruptēríā	κρῠπτήρῐον kruptḗrion		κρῠπτηρῐ́ω kruptēríō	κρῠπτηρῐ́ᾱ kruptēríā	κρῠπτηρῐ́ω kruptēríō		κρῠπτήρῐοι kruptḗrioi	κρῠπτήρῐαι kruptḗriai	κρῠπτήρῐᾰ kruptḗria
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κρῠπτηρῐ́ως kruptēríōs				κρῠπτηρῐώτερος kruptēriṓteros				κρῠπτηρῐώτᾰτος kruptēriṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κρυπτήριον (kruptḗrion)

Further reading

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