ὑποκρίνομαι: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=fut. ὑποκρῐνοῦμαι ionic [[ὑποκρινέομαι]] aor1 ὑπεκρῑνάμην [[later]] also aor1 and perf. [[pass]]. in mid. [[sense]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[reply]], make [[answer]], [[answer]], Hom., Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[expound]], [[interpret]], [[explain]], Od., Ar.:—the Attic [[word]] in [[this]] [[sense]] is [[ἀποκρίνομαι]].<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of actors, to [[answer]] on the [[stage]]: [[hence]] to [[play]] a [[part]], τὴν Ἀντιγόνην ὑποκέκριται Dem.; ὑπ. τὸ βασιλικόν to [[take]] the [[king]]'s [[part]], Arist.; ὑποκρ. τραγῳδίαν, κωμῳδίαν to [[play]] a [[tragedy]], a [[comedy]], Arist.; absol. to [[play]] a [[part]], be an [[actor]], Arist.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to [[represent]] [[dramatically]]: [[hence]] to [[exaggerate]], Dem.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> metaph. to [[play]] a [[part]], to [[feign]], [[pretend]], c. inf., Dem.