κρυψίνους

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ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter

Source

French (Bailly abrégé)

ους, ουν :
att. c. κρυψίνοος.

Greek Monolingual

-ουν (AM κρυψίνους, -ουν και -οος, -οον)
1. αυτός που αποκρύπτει τις σκέψεις, τις ιδέες ή τις πραγματικές προθέσεις του
2. υποκριτής, ανειλικρινής, πανούργος («κρυψίνουν καὶ δολερὸν καὶ ἀπατεῶνα καὶ κλέπτην», Ξεν.).
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κρυψίνως (Α)
ανειλικρινώς.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κρυψι- (βλ. κρυπτο-) + νοῦς (πρβλ. κακό-νους, κουφό-νους)].

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

κρυψίνους -νουν, zonder contr. κρυψίνοος -νοον [κρύψις, νοῦς] die zijn ware gedachten verborgen houdt.

Middle Liddell

κρυψί-νους, ουν
hiding one's thoughts, dissembling, Xen.

English (Woodhouse)

reticent, secretive

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