Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κρυφαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρυφαῖος κρυφαῖη κρυφαῖον

Structure: κρυφαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hidden
  2. secret, clandestine

Examples

  • οὔτι που λελήμμεθα κρυφαῖον ἐσ παῖδ’ ἐκπορίζουσαι φόνον; (Euripides, Ion, episode8)
  • καὶ νὺξ ἐχώρει, κοὐ μάλ’ Ἑλλήνων στρατὸσ κρυφαῖον ἔκπλουν οὐδαμῇ καθίστατο· (Aeschylus, Persians, episode 2:11)
  • λειπομένου δὲ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ βραχέοσ χρόνου, τῶν κατὰ τὸ κρυφαῖον τῆσ στέγησ σκωλήκων ἀκούει, τοῦ μὲν ἐρωτῶντοσ πόσον ἤδη μέροσ τοῦ δοκοῦ διαβέβρωται, τῶν δὲ ἀποκρινομένων λοιπὸν ἐλάχιστον εἶναι. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 12:7)
  • τὸ μὲν ἀναφανδὸν ὅλον ἀγωνιστικὸν θέντασ, τὸ δὲ κρυφαῖον αὐτῆσ πᾶν θηρευτικόν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 23:1)

Synonyms

  1. hidden

  2. secret

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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