ἐπικρύπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=poet. aor. 2 <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἐπέκρῠφον <span class="bibl">Q.S.7.235</span> (v.l.<b class="b3">ἀπ-</b>):—[[throw a]] [[cloak over]], [[conceal]], χεῖρας φονίας <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>317</span> (lyr.); τὴν βούλησιν τοῦ ὀνόματος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>421b</span>; f.l.for [[ἔπη κρύπτειν]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Supp.</span>296</span>:—freq. in Med., [[disguise]], κἀπικρύψασθαι κακά <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>88.12</span> (v.l.); <b class="b3">τὰς αὑτοῦ τύχας . . τοὐπικρύπτεσθαι</b> σοφόν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>553</span>; ἐ. τὴν αὑτοῦ ἀπορίαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>196b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Prt.</span>346b</span>; τἀληθῆ <span class="bibl">D.17.17</span>: abs., [[ἐπικρυπτόμενος]] [[with concealment]] or [[secrecy]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.1.6</span>; ἐπικρύπτεσθαί τι τῷ μεγέθει τῶν ἄλλων ἔργων <span class="bibl">D. 61.45</span>; πρὸς τοὺς πολλοὺς τὴν δεινότητα <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>4</span>; <b class="b3">ἐ. τινά τι</b> [[conceal]] a thing [[from]] one, <span class="bibl">Plb.3.75.1</span>; also ἐ. τινὰ ὡς . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>180d</span>; <b class="b3">ὅτι οὐχ</b> ὑγιαίνει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>476e</span>; <b class="b2">disguise, conceal one's purpose</b>, <b class="b3">τῶν πεντακισχιλίων</b> τῷ ὀνόματι <span class="bibl">Th.8.92</span>; ἐσθῆτι θεράποντος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>38</span>:—Pass., [[to]] [[be concealed]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1278a39</span>.</span>