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

  • ἐπαινούμενοσ δὲ ἔχαιρεν ὑπὸ τῶν καὶ ψέγειν ἐθελόντων τὰ μὴ ἀρεστά, καὶ τῶν παρρησιαζομένων οὐδένα ἤχθραινε, τοὺσ δὲ κρυψίνουσ ὥσπερ ἐνέδρασ ἐφυλάττετο. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 11 6:1)

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

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