κρυπτεία
See also: κρυπτείᾳ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κρῠπτεύω (krŭpteúō, “hide oneself”), from κρῠπτω (krŭptō, “to hide”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kryp.těː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /krypˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /krypˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /krypˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kripˈti.a/
Noun
κρῠπτείᾱ • (krŭpteíā) f (genitive κρῠπτείᾱς); first declension
- hiding place
- crypteia (a Spartan state organization which periodically sought out and killed helots, used for the purpose of subjugation)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κρῠπτείᾱ hē krŭpteíā |
τὼ κρῠπτείᾱ tṑ krŭpteíā |
αἱ κρῠπτεῖαι hai krŭpteîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κρῠπτείᾱς tês krŭpteíās |
τοῖν κρῠπτείαιν toîn krŭpteíain |
τῶν κρῠπτειῶν tôn krŭpteiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κρῠπτείᾳ tēî krŭpteíāi |
τοῖν κρῠπτείαιν toîn krŭpteíain |
ταῖς κρῠπτείαις taîs krŭpteíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κρῠπτείᾱν tḕn krŭpteíān |
τὼ κρῠπτείᾱ tṑ krŭpteíā |
τᾱ̀ς κρῠπτείᾱς tā̀s krŭpteíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κρῠπτείᾱ krŭpteíā |
κρῠπτείᾱ krŭpteíā |
κρῠπτεῖαι krŭpteîai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κρυπτεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κρυπτεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “κρυπτεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers