apocryphus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • apocrifus (Late Latin, Vulgate)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos).

Pronunciation

Adjective

apocryphus (feminine apocrypha, neuter apocryphum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. secret, not approved for public reading
  2. apocryphal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative apocryphus apocrypha apocryphum apocryphī apocryphae apocrypha
genitive apocryphī apocryphae apocryphī apocryphōrum apocryphārum apocryphōrum
dative apocryphō apocryphae apocryphō apocryphīs
accusative apocryphum apocrypham apocryphum apocryphōs apocryphās apocrypha
ablative apocryphō apocryphā apocryphō apocryphīs
vocative apocryphe apocrypha apocryphum apocryphī apocryphae apocrypha

Descendants

  • Asturian: apócrifu
  • Catalan: apòcrif
  • French: apocryphe
  • Italian: apocrifo
  • Portuguese: apócrifo
  • Romanian: apocrif
  • Spanish: apócrifo

References

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