Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑποκρίνομαι

Non-contract Verb; 이상동사 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑποκρίνομαι

Structure: ὑποκρίν (Stem) + ομαι (Ending)

Etym.: later also aor1 and perf. pass. in mid. sense

Sense

  1. to answer
  2. to interpret
  3. to play a part, to be a player
  4. to feign, to dissemble

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὗ δὴ ἐγὼ οὐδὲν οἶμαι ἀδικώτερον οὐδὲ δουλοπρεπέστερον, ἐνδακόντα τὸ χεῖλοσ ὑποτρέφειν τὴν χολὴν καὶ τὸ μῖσοσ ἐν αὑτῷ κατάκλειστον αὔξειν ἕτερα μὲν κεύθοντα ἐνὶ φρεσίν, ἄλλα δὲ λέγοντα καὶ ὑποκρινόμενον ἱλαρῷ καὶ κωμικῷ τῷ προσώπῳ μάλα περιπαθῆ τινα καὶ ἰοῦ γέμουσαν τραγῳδίαν. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 24:3)
  • "ἤδη δὲ καὶ τοὺσ ἀλλοτρίουσ τούτουσ λόγουσ ὑποκρινόμενον σοφιστὴν εἶναι δοκεῖν ἐποίησα καὶ τὴν μηδὲν προσήκουσαν δόξαν περιῆψα. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 22:3)
  • εἶτ’ οὐκ ἐγὼ δοὺσ δύ’ ὀβολὼ μισθώσομαι οὕτωσ ὑποκρινόμενον σοφῶσ ὀνείρατα; (Aristophanes, Wasps, Prologue 1:45)
  • θάτερον ζῇ τοι γένοσ, σεμνοπαράσιτον ἔθνοσ εὖ καλούμενον, σατράπασ παρασίτουσ καὶ στρατηγοὺσ ἐπιφανεῖσ ὑποκρινόμενον εὖ τοῖσ βίοισ, ὀφρῦσ ἔχον χιλιοταλάντουσ ἀνακυλῖὸν τ’ οὐσίασ ι νοεῖσ σὺ τὸ γένοσ καὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 31 1:2)
  • τόν δ’ Αἴσωπον τοῦτον ἱστοροῦσιν ὑποκρινόμενον ἐν θεάτρῳ τόν περὶ τῆσ τιμωρίασ τοῦ Θυέστου βουλευόμενον Ἀτρέα, τῶν ὑπηρετῶν τινοσ ἄφνω παραδραμόντοσ, ἔξω τῶν ἑαυτοῦ λογισμῶν διὰ τὸ πάθοσ ὄντα τῷ σκήπτρῳ πατάξαι καὶ ἀνελεῖν. (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 5 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. to answer

  2. to interpret

  3. to feign

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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