Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κρυψίνους

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρυψίνους κρυψίνουν

Structure: κρυψινο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hiding one's thoughts, dissembling

Examples

  • ἤτοι νὴ Δί’ ὑποπτεύσαντεσ ἢ καὶ ὁπωσοῦν δόξαν αὐτοῖσ, οἱ δ’ ἄνδρεσ ὑβρισταὶ καὶ κρυψίνοι, ἦ που χαρίεντα πεπονθότεσ ἄπιμεν καὶ ὑπ’ ἐκείνων ὑβρισμένοι καὶ τούτουσ παρεορακότεσ, ἐχθροὺσ δ’ ἀμφοτέρουσ ἔχοντεσ τὸ λοιπόν. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:14)

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

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