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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cryptoporticus.
Noun
cryptoporticus (plural cryptoporticuses or cryptoportici)
- (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
- (architecture) cryptoporticus
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.