ὑποκριτής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑποκρίνομαι "I play a part on stage", from ὑπό "below" + κρίνω "I choose"

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /hypokritɛ͜ɛ́s/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /hypokritéːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ypokritís/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /ypokritís/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /ipokɾitís/

Noun

ὑποκριτής (genitive ὑποκριτοῦ) m, first declension; (hupokritēs)

1. one who answers: interpreter, expounder
2. actor, player
3. hypocrite, pretender, one who feigns

Inflection

First declension of ὑποκρῐτής, ὑποκρῐτοῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὑποκρῐτής	τὼ ὑποκρῐτά	οἱ ὑποκρῐταί
Genitive	τοῦ ὑποκρῐτοῦ	τοῖν ὑποκρῐταῖν	τῶν ὑποκρῐτῶν
Dative	τῷ ὑποκρῐτῇ	τοῖν ὑποκρῐταῖν	τοῖς ὑποκρῐταῖς
Accusative	τὸν ὑποκρῐτήν	τὼ ὑποκρῐτά	τοὺς ὑποκρῐτάς
Vocative	ὑποκρῐτά	ὑποκρῐτά	ὑποκρῐταί

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G5273