hypocrita

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs).

Noun

hypocrita m (genitive hypocritae); first declension

1. mimic (mime artist)
2. hypocrite

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hypocrita	hypocritae
genitive	hypocritae	hypocritārum
dative	hypocritae	hypocritīs
accusative	hypocritam	hypocritās
ablative	hypocritā	hypocritīs
vocative	hypocrita	hypocritae

Descendants

• → Catalan: hipòcrita
• → French: hypocrite
  • → Romanian: ipocrit.
• → Italian: ipocrita
• → Portuguese: hipócrita
• → Spanish: hipócrita

References

• “hypocrita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hypocrita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.