hypocrisis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῠ̔πόκρῐσῐς (hŭpókrĭsĭs).

Noun

hypocrisis f (genitive hypocrisis or hypocriseōs or hypocrisios); third declension

1. mimicry
2. hypocrisy

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	hypocrisis	hypocrisēs hypocriseis
genitive	hypocrisis hypocriseōs hypocrisios	hypocrisium
dative	hypocrisī	hypocrisibus
accusative	hypocrisim hypocrisin hypocrisem1	hypocrisēs hypocrisīs
ablative	hypocrisī hypocrise1	hypocrisibus
vocative	hypocrisis hypocrisi	hypocrisēs hypocriseis

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

• Old French: ypocrisie
  • → Middle English: ipocrisie
    • English: hypocrisy
  • Middle French:
    • French: hypocrisie
      • → Romanian: ipocrizie
• Portuguese: hipocrisia

References

• “hypocrisis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "hypocrisis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “hypocrisis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• hypocrisis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016