<span class="searchmatch">cryptae</span> inflection of crypta: nominative/vocative plural genitive/dative singular...
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkrip.t̪a] crypta f (genitive <span class="searchmatch">cryptae</span>); first declension underground passage, tunnel crypt; underground room...
article on: Grotte Wikipedia it From Vulgar Latin gruptae, from Latin <span class="searchmatch">cryptae</span>, through the Sicilian Grutti. English Wikipedia has an article on: Grotte...