κρυπτός
Φιλοσοφίαν δὲ τὴν μὲν κατὰ φύσιν, ὦ Βασιλεῦ, ἐπαίνει καὶ ἀσπάζου, τὴν δέ θεοκλυτεῖν φάσκουσαν παραίτου. → Praise and revere, O King, the philosophy that accords with nature, and avoid that which pretends to invoke the gods. (Philostratus, Ap. 5.37)
English (LSJ)
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A hidden, secret, κληῗδι κρυπτῇ Il.14.168, cf. Ar.Th.422; ἐπεποίητό οἱ κ. διῶρυξ Hdt.3.146; κ. τάφρος a trench covered and concealed by planks and earth, Id.4.201: freq. in Trag., κ. λόγος A.Ch.773; ἔπη S.Ph.1112 (lyr.); κρυπτᾷ ἐν ἥβᾳ, of young Orestes who was concealed in Phocis, Id.El.159 (lyr.); κ. πένθος E. Hipp.139 (lyr.), etc.; κρυπτῇ ψήφῳ Arist.Rh.Al.1424b1; τῆς πολιτείας τὸ κ. the secret character of the [Spartan] institutions, Th.5.68; ἡ κρυπτή (sc. ἀρχή) secret service, used by the Athenians in the subjectstates, AB273; also, = κρυπτεία1, Heraclid.Pol.10; of persons, in disguise, Ar.Th.600, E.El.525: Medic., deep-seated, καρκίνος Hp.Aph. 6.38, Mul.2.133, Gal.5.116; κ. πάθος BGU316.28 (iv A.D.).
