κρυπτός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">hidden, secret</b>, κληῗδι κρυπτῇ <span class="bibl">Il.14.168</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>422</span>; ἐπεποίητό οἱ κ. διῶρυξ <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.146</span>; <b class="b3">κ. τάφρος</b> a trench <b class="b2">covered and concealed</b> by planks and earth, <span class="bibl">Id.4.201</span>: freq. in Trag., κ. λόγος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>773</span>; ἔπη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1112</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">κρυπτᾷ ἐν ἥβᾳ</b>, of young Orestes who was <b class="b2">concealed</b> in Phocis, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>159</span> (lyr.); κ. πένθος <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hipp.</span>139</span> (lyr.), etc.; κρυπτῇ ψήφῳ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.Al.</span>1424b1</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς πολιτείας τὸ κ</b>. <b class="b2">the secret character</b> of the [Spartan] institutions, <span class="bibl">Th.5.68</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ κρυπτή</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἀρχή</b>) <b class="b2">secret service</b>, used by the Athenians in the subjectstates, <span class="title">AB</span>273; also, = [[κρυπτεία]]1, <span class="bibl">Heraclid.<span class="title">Pol.</span>10</span>; of persons, <b class="b2">in disguise</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>600</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>525</span>: Medic., <b class="b2">deep-seated</b>, καρκίνος <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span> 6.38</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mul.</span>2.133</span>, Gal.5.116; κ. πάθος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>316.28</span> (iv A.D.).</span>