ἀποκρύπτω

English (LSJ)

used by Hom. only in aor. 1, Ep. impf.

   A ἀποκρύπτασκε Hes.Th.157:—Pass., aor. -εκρύβην [ῠ] LXXJb.3.23: fut. -κρῠβήσομαι ib.Ps.18(19).6, Gal.UP10.12:—Med., aor.2 -εκρυβόμην Apollod. 3.2.1:—hide from, keep hidden from, c. acc. et gen., αἴ γάρ μιν θανάτοιο . . δυναίμην νόσφιν ἀποκρύψαι Il.18.465: c. dat. pers., ἀπέκρυψεν δέ μοι ἵππους 11.718: c. dupl. acc., hide or keep back from one, οῠτε σε ἀποκρύψω τὴν ἐμὴν οὐσίαν Hdt.7.28; τι ἀπό τινος LXX4 Ki.4.27:— Med., ἀποκρύπτεσθαί τινά τι Pl.Lg.702c, X. Mem.2.6.29, etc.; ἀ. τι keep it back, Pl.Prt.348e, cf. 327a: c. acc. pers., X.Cyr.8.7.23, Smp. 1.6.    2 hide from sight, keep hidden, conceal, Od.17.286, etc.; ἔθηκε νύκτ' ἀποκρύψας φάος Archil.74.3; τὸν ἥλιον ὑπὸ τοῦ πλήθεος τῶν ὀϊστῶν ἀ. Hdt.7.226; ἀποκρύψει φάος νύξ A.Pr.24; χιὼν ἀ. τι X. An.4.4.11; ἀ. τὴν σοφίαν Pl.Ap.22e; ἀ. τὴν οὐσίαν ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις Isoc.1.42; εἰς τὸ ἄδηλον -κρύπτων X.Eq.Mag.5.7:—Med., Ar.Eq. 424.483; ἀ. ἑαυτόν efface oneself, Pl.R.393c: c. inf., ἀποκρύπτεσθαί τι μὴ καθ' ἡδονὴν ποιεῖν to conceal one's doing, Th.2.53; περὶ ὧν ἀποκρυπτόμεθα μηδένα εἰδέναι Lys.7.18; pf. Pass. in med. sense, οὐκ ἀποκέκρυπται τὴν οὐσίαν D.28.3: abs., ἀποκρύψασθαι πρός τινα Isoc. 11.2:—Pass., τὸν Ἑλλήσποντον ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποκεκρυμμένον Hdt.7.45; τοὺς ἀποκρυπτομένους those who withdraw from public, Alex. 265.    3 obscure, E.Fr. 153, Arist.Po.1460b4, Alcid.Soph.30, Lib. Or.63.26, Jul.Or.1.44c.    II ἀ. γῆν lose from sight, of ships running out to sea, opp. ἀνοίγνυμι 1.3, φεύγειν εἰς τὸ πέλαγος . . ἀποκρύψαντα γῆν Pl.Prt.338a, cf. Lib.Or.59.147; ἐπειδὴ ἀπεκρύψαμεν αὐτούς when we got out of sight of them, Luc.VH2.38, cf. Th.5.65 (sc. αὐτούς) τὴν θάλατταν (i.e. by marching inland) Aristid.1.473 J.; ἀποκρύπτουσι Πελειάδες (sc. ἑαυτούς) disappear, Hes.Fr.179; ἄστερες ἄμφι σελάνναν ἀ. εἶδος Sapph.3; but also Pass. of ships, Hero Aut. 22.5.