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κρύπτω

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Unknown. Determination is complicated by the fact that the word is similar to Ancient Greek καλύπτω (kalúptō, to cover) in both form and sense, thus indicating possible analogical influence in both directions.

    Although traditionally compared with semantically-close Proto-Balto-Slavic *kráuˀtei (to cover, hide) (whence Russian крыть (krytʹ, id), Old Church Slavonic крꙑти (kryti, id), Lithuanian krovinỹs (cargo)), De Vaan notes that the Balto-Slavic evidence demands a laryngeal while the Greek excludes it, making a formal relation difficult.[1]

    Beekes thus suggests possible Pre-Greek origin due to lack of solid Indo-European etymology, but acknowledges that the variation in labial (which he usually considered to be an argument for substrate origin) may be due to aforementioned analogy.[2]

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    κρῠ́πτω (krŭ́ptō)

    1. to hide; to cover
    2. to conceal; to obscure
      Synonym: καλύπτω (kalúptō)

    Conjugation

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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Greek: κρύβω (krývo, to conceal, to hide)
    • English: cryptic (having hidden meaning)

    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (1999), “The PIE root structure *Te(R)Dʰ-¹)”, in Historische Sprachforschung[1], page 12
    2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κρύπτω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 786-787

    Further reading

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    Greek

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkɾi.pto/
    • Hyphenation: κρύ‧πτω

    Verb

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    κρύπτω (krýpto) (past έκρυψα) passive -κρύπτομαι (found in compounds)

    1. (dated) alternative form of κρύβω (krývo)

    Usage notes

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    • Found only in compounds.

    Conjugation

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    • See compounds
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    Compounds:

    Other κρυπτ- words

    And see κρύβω (krývo) for stems κρυφ-, κρυψ-