cryptoporticus

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cryptoporticus.

Noun

cryptoporticus (plural cryptoporticuses or cryptoportici)

  1. (Roman architecture) A vaulted corridor or arcade at, or just below ground level; normally lit by openings in the upper part of the vault. Also a roofed promenade that is enclosed with side walls that have windows or openings instead of columns.
    • 1581, Richard Mulcaster, Positions, London: Longmans, Green and Company, published 1888, page 87:
      The close walkes, which were called cryptoporticus were not of choice but of necessitie, when extremitie of weather would not let them walke abroad.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, concealed, hidden) +‎ -o- +‎ porticus.

Pronunciation

Noun

cryptoporticus f (genitive cryptoporticūs); fourth declension

  1. (architecture) cryptoporticus

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cryptoporticus cryptoporticūs
genitive cryptoporticūs cryptoporticuum
dative cryptoporticuī cryptoporticibus
accusative cryptoporticum cryptoporticūs
ablative cryptoporticū cryptoporticibus
vocative cryptoporticus cryptoporticūs