hypocrisis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῠ̔πόκρῐσῐς (hŭpókrĭsĭs).

Noun

hypocrisis f (genitive hypocrisis or hypocriseōs or hypocrisios); third declension

  1. mimicry
  2. hypocrisy

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).

singular plural
nominative hypocrisis hypocrisēs
hypocriseis
genitive hypocrisis
hypocriseōs
hypocrisios 		hypocrisium
dative hypocrisī hypocrisibus
accusative hypocrisim
hypocrisin
hypocrisem1 		hypocrisēs
hypocrisīs
ablative hypocrisī
hypocrise1 		hypocrisibus
vocative hypocrisis
hypocrisi 		hypocrisēs
hypocriseis

1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

  • Old French: ypocrisie
    • → Middle English: ipocrisie
    • Middle French:
  • Portuguese: hipocrisia

References

  • “hypocrisis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "hypocrisis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • hypocrisis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • hypocrisis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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