ἀπόκρυφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀπό (apó, “from”) + κρύπτω (krúptō, “I hide”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pó.kry.pʰos/ → /aˈpo.kry.ɸos/ → /aˈpo.kri.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pó.kry.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.kry.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.kry.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.kry.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.kri.fos/

Adjective

ἀπόκρῠφος • (apókruphos) m or f (neuter ἀπόκρῠφον); second declension

1. hidden, concealed, secret, unknown
2. obscure, recondite

Declension

Second declension of ἀπόκρῠφος; ἀπόκρῠφον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀπόκρῠφος apókruphos	ἀπόκρῠφον apókruphon		ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrúphō	ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrúphō		ἀπόκρῠφοι apókruphoi	ἀπόκρῠφᾰ apókrupha
Genitive		ἀποκρῠ́φου apokrúphou	ἀποκρῠ́φου apokrúphou		ἀποκρῠ́φοιν apokrúphoin	ἀποκρῠ́φοιν apokrúphoin		ἀποκρῠ́φων apokrúphōn	ἀποκρῠ́φων apokrúphōn
Dative		ἀποκρῠ́φῳ apokrúphōi	ἀποκρῠ́φῳ apokrúphōi		ἀποκρῠ́φοιν apokrúphoin	ἀποκρῠ́φοιν apokrúphoin		ἀποκρῠ́φοις apokrúphois	ἀποκρῠ́φοις apokrúphois
Accusative		ἀπόκρῠφον apókruphon	ἀπόκρῠφον apókruphon		ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrúphō	ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrúphō		ἀποκρῠ́φους apokrúphous	ἀπόκρῠφᾰ apókrupha
Vocative		ἀπόκρῠφε apókruphe	ἀπόκρῠφον apókruphon		ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrúphō	ἀποκρῠ́φω apokrúphō		ἀπόκρῠφοι apókruphoi	ἀπόκρῠφᾰ apókrupha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀποκρῠ́φως apokrúphōs			ἀποκρῠφώτερος apokruphṓteros			ἀποκρῠφώτᾰτος apokruphṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

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

References

• “ἀπόκρῠφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀπόκρυφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀπόκρυφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀπόκρυφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G614 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible