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ὑπόκρισις

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπόκρισις ὑποκρίσεως

Structure: ὑποκρισι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: u(pokri/nomai

Sense

  1. reply, answer
  2. the part of an actor or orator: delivery, delivery, elocution, act
  3. outward show, hypocrisy, pretense

Declension

Third declension

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

  • "πρώτην τραγῳδίαν, ὡσ οὐ πάνυ τι συμποτικὸν ἀλλὰ σεμνότερον βοῶσαν καὶ σκευωρουμένην πραγμάτων ὑποκρίσεισ πάθοσ ἐχόντων καὶ οἶκτον. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 10:5)

Synonyms

  1. reply

  2. outward show

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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