apocryphus

Latin

Alternative forms

• apocrifus (Late Latin, Vulgate)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.kry.pʰus/, [äˈpɔkrʏpʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.kri.fus/, [äˈpɔːkrifus]

Adjective

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	apocryphus	apocrypha	apocryphum		apocryphī	apocryphae	apocrypha
Genitive	apocryphī	apocryphae	apocryphī		apocryphōrum	apocryphārum	apocryphōrum
Dative	apocryphō		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.