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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs).
Noun
hypocrita m (genitive hypocritae); first declension
- mimic (mime artist)
- hypocrite
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “hypocrita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hypocrita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.