hypocrita

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs).

Noun

hypocrita m (genitive hypocritae); first declension

1. mimic (mime artist)
2. hypocrite

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hypocrita	hypocritae
Genitive	hypocritae	hypocritārum
Dative	hypocritae	hypocritīs
Accusative	hypocritam	hypocritās
Ablative	hypocritā	hypocritīs
Vocative	hypocrita	hypocritae

Descendants

• → Catalan: hipòcrita
• → French: hypocrite
  • → Romanian: ipocrit.
• → Italian: ipocrita
• → Portuguese: hipócrita
• → Spanish: hipócrita

References

• “hypocrita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hypocrita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.