ἀπόκρυφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπό (apó, “from”) + κρύπτω (krúptō, “I hide”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pó.kry.pʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.kry.pʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.kry.ɸos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.kry.fos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.kri.fos/

Adjective

ἀπόκρῠφος • (apókrŭphos) m or f (neuter ἀπόκρῠφον); second declension

hidden, concealed, secret, unknown
obscure, recondite

Declension

Second declension of ἀπόκρῠφος; ἀπόκρῠφον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἀπόκρῠφος apókrŭphos	ἀπόκρῠφον apókrŭphon	ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrŭ́phō	ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrŭ́phō	ἀπόκρῠφοι apókrŭphoi	ἀπόκρῠφᾰ apókrŭphă
Genitive	ἀποκρῠ́φου apokrŭ́phou	ἀποκρῠ́φου apokrŭ́phou	ἀποκρῠ́φοιν apokrŭ́phoin	ἀποκρῠ́φοιν apokrŭ́phoin	ἀποκρῠ́φων apokrŭ́phōn	ἀποκρῠ́φων apokrŭ́phōn
Dative	ἀποκρῠ́φῳ apokrŭ́phōi	ἀποκρῠ́φῳ apokrŭ́phōi	ἀποκρῠ́φοιν apokrŭ́phoin	ἀποκρῠ́φοιν apokrŭ́phoin	ἀποκρῠ́φοις apokrŭ́phois	ἀποκρῠ́φοις apokrŭ́phois
Accusative	ἀπόκρῠφον apókrŭphon	ἀπόκρῠφον apókrŭphon	ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrŭ́phō	ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrŭ́phō	ἀποκρῠ́φους apokrŭ́phous	ἀπόκρῠφᾰ apókrŭphă
Vocative	ἀπόκρῠφε apókrŭphe	ἀπόκρῠφον apókrŭphon	ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrŭ́phō	ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrŭ́phō	ἀπόκρῠφοι apókrŭphoi	ἀπόκρῠφᾰ apókrŭphă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἀποκρῠ́φως apokrŭ́phōs		ἀποκρῠφώτερος apokrŭphṓteros		ἀποκρῠφώτᾰτος apokrŭphṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: apocryphus
- Asturian: apócrifu
- Catalan: apòcrif
- French: apocryphe
- Italian: apocrifo
- Portuguese: apócrifo
- Romanian: apocrif
- Spanish: apócrifo

References

“ἀπόκρῠφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀπόκρυφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀπόκρυφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
ἀπόκρυφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
G614 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible