ὑποκριτής

See also: υποκριτής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “to play a part on stage”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῠ̔ποκρῐτής • (hŭpokrĭtḗs) m (genitive ῠ̔ποκρῐτοῦ); first declension

  1. one who answers: interpreter, expounder
  2. (Attic) stage actor
    1. (figurative) pretender, dissembler, hypocrite

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ῠ̔ποκρῐτής; τοῦ ῠ̔ποκρῐτοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῠ̔ποκρῐτής
ho hŭpokrĭtḗs 		τὼ ῠ̔ποκρῐτᾱ́
tṑ hŭpokrĭtā́ 		οἱ ῠ̔ποκρῐταί
hoi hŭpokrĭtaí
Genitive τοῦ ῠ̔ποκρῐτοῦ
toû hŭpokrĭtoû 		τοῖν ῠ̔ποκρῐταῖν
toîn hŭpokrĭtaîn 		τῶν ῠ̔ποκρῐτῶν
tôn hŭpokrĭtôn
Dative τῷ ῠ̔ποκρῐτῇ
tōî hŭpokrĭtēî 		τοῖν ῠ̔ποκρῐταῖν
toîn hŭpokrĭtaîn 		τοῖς ῠ̔ποκρῐταῖς
toîs hŭpokrĭtaîs
Accusative τὸν ῠ̔ποκρῐτήν
tòn hŭpokrĭtḗn 		τὼ ῠ̔ποκρῐτᾱ́
tṑ hŭpokrĭtā́ 		τοὺς ῠ̔ποκρῐτᾱ́ς
toùs hŭpokrĭtā́s
Vocative ῠ̔ποκρῐτᾰ́
hŭpokrĭtắ 		ῠ̔ποκρῐτᾱ́
hŭpokrĭtā́ 		ῠ̔ποκρῐταί
hŭpokrĭtaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: υποκριτής (ypokritís)
    • → Aromanian: ipucrit.
  • Latin: hypocrita
  • → Old Church Slavonic: ѵпокри́тъ (üpokrítŭ)

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