hypocrisis
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).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hypocrisis | hypocrisēs hypocriseis |
| Genitive | hypocrisis hypocriseōs hypocrisios | hypocrisium |
| Dative | hypocrisī | hypocrisibus |
| Accusative | hypocrisim hypocrisin hypocrisem1 | hypocrisēs hypocrisīs |
| Ablative | hypocrisī hypocrise1 | hypocrisibus |
| Vocative | hypocrisis hypocrisi | hypocrisēs hypocriseis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants
- Old French: ypocrisie
- → Middle English: ipocrisie
- English: hypocrisy
- Middle French:
- French: hypocrisie
- → Romanian: ipocrizie
- French: hypocrisie
- → Middle English: ipocrisie
- Portuguese: hipocrisia
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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016