κρύπτω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κρύφω (krúphō) — Koine

Etymology

Unknown. The etymology determination is complicated by the fact that the word is both in sense and form similar with Ancient Greek καλύπτω (kalúptō), thus indicating possible (bi-directional) analogical influence.

Although the word often compared with semantically close Proto-Balto-Slavic *kráuˀtei (e. g. Russian крыть (krytʹ), Old Church Slavonic крꙑти (kryti), Lithuanian krovinys), de Vaan notes that Balto-Slavic evidence demands a laryngeal while Greek excludes it.

Beekes suggested possible Pre-Greek origin due to lack of Indo-European etymology, but acknowledged that the variation in labial (which he usually considered to be an argument for substrate origin) may be due to aforementioned analogy.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κρύπτω • (krúptō)

  1. to hide, cover
  2. to conceal, obscure

Inflection

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: κρύβω (krývo, “to conceal, to hide”)

References

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾi.pto/
  • Hyphenation: κρύ‧πτω

Verb

κρύπτω • (krýpto) (past έκρυψα) passive -κρύπτομαι (found in compounds)

  1. (dated) Alternative form of κρύβω (krývo)

Usage notes

  • Found only in compounds.

Conjugation

  • See compounds

Compounds:

Other κρυπτ- words

  • κρύπτη f (krýpti, “crypt”)
  • κρυπτο- (krypto-), κρυπτ- (krypt-) like κρυπτογραφώ (kryptografó)
  • κρυπτόν n (kryptón, “crypton”) (chemistry)

And see κρύβω (krývo) for stems κρυφ-, κρυψ-

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