hypocrisis

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ῠ̔πόκρῐσῐς (hupókrisis).

Noun[edit]

hypocrisis f (genitive hypocrisis or hypocriseōs or hypocrisios); third declension

  1. mimicry
  2. hypocrisy

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hypocrisis hypocrisēs
hypocriseis
Genitive hypocrisis
hypocriseōs
hypocrisios
hypocrisium
Dative hypocrisī hypocrisibus
Accusative hypocrisim
hypocrisin
hypocrisem1
hypocrisēs
hypocrisīs
Ablative hypocrisī
hypocrise1
hypocrisibus
Vocative hypocrisis
hypocrisi
hypocrisēs
hypocriseis

1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • hypocrisis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hypocrisis 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)
  • hypocrisis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • hypocrisis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016