ὑπόκρισις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῠ̔ποκρῑ́νομαι (hŭpokrī́nomai, “I answer (a fellow actor on stage), play a part, feign, pretend”) +‎ -σῐς (-sĭs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῠ̔πόκρῐσῐς • (hŭpókrĭsĭs) f (genitive ῠ̔ποκρῐ́σεως); third declension

  1. reply, answer
  2. the part of an actor or orator: delivery, delivery, elocution, act
  3. outward show, hypocrisy, pretense

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ῠ̔πόκρῐσῐς; τῆς ῠ̔ποκρῐ́σεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῠ̔πόκρῐσῐς
hē hŭpókrĭsĭs 		τὼ ῠ̔ποκρῐ́σει
tṑ hŭpokrĭ́sei 		αἱ ῠ̔ποκρῐ́σεις
hai hŭpokrĭ́seis
Genitive τῆς ῠ̔ποκρῐ́σεως
tês hŭpokrĭ́seōs 		τοῖν ῠ̔ποκρῐσέοιν
toîn hŭpokrĭséoin 		τῶν ῠ̔ποκρῐ́σεων
tôn hŭpokrĭ́seōn
Dative τῇ ῠ̔ποκρῐ́σει
tēî hŭpokrĭ́sei 		τοῖν ῠ̔ποκρῐσέοιν
toîn hŭpokrĭséoin 		ταῖς ῠ̔ποκρῐ́σεσῐ / ῠ̔ποκρῐ́σεσῐν
taîs hŭpokrĭ́sesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ῠ̔πόκρῐσῐν
tḕn hŭpókrĭsĭn 		τὼ ῠ̔ποκρῐ́σει
tṑ hŭpokrĭ́sei 		τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔ποκρῐ́σεις
tā̀s hŭpokrĭ́seis
Vocative ῠ̔πόκρῐσῐ
hŭpókrĭsĭ 		ῠ̔ποκρῐ́σει
hŭpokrĭ́sei 		ῠ̔ποκρῐ́σεις
hŭpokrĭ́seis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Latin: hypocrisis

References

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