apocrypha

See also: Apocrypha

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apocryphus (“apocryphal”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos, “hidden, obscure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌˈpɑk.ɹə.fə/

Noun

apocrypha

1. (obsolete) Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).

   (Can we find and add a quotation of John Locke to this entry?)

Related terms

• apocryphal

English terms prefixed with apo-

Translations

writing of a doubtful authorship

• Catalan: apòcrif f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外典 (zh)

• Finnish: apokryfi
• Georgian: აპოკრიფი (ka) (aṗoḳripi)
• German: Apokryphe (de) f
• Irish: apacrafa m pl
• Japanese: 外典 (がいてん, gaiten)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: apócrifo (pt) m
• Russian: апо́криф (ru) (apókrif)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: апо̀криф m

  Roman: apòkrif (sh) m

• Spanish: apócrifo (es)
• Ukrainian: апо́криф (uk) m (apókryf)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “apocrypha”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) apocrypha

1. nominative feminine singular of apocryphus
2. nominative neuter plural of apocryphus
3. accusative neuter plural of apocryphus
4. vocative feminine singular of apocryphus
5. vocative neuter plural of apocryphus

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) apocryphā

1. ablative feminine singular of apocryphus

References

• apocrypha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)