ὑποκριτής

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

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

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ῠ̔ποκρῐτής (hupokritḗsm (genitive ῠ̔ποκρῐτοῦ); first declension

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

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