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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῠ̔πόκρῐσῐς (hupókrisis).
Noun
hypocrisis f (genitive hypocrisis or hypocriseōs or hypocrisios); third declension
- mimicry
- hypocrisy
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants
References
- “hypocrisis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hypocrisis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- hypocrisis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- hypocrisis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016