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ἀποκρύπτω

apokrypto

hide from, keep hidden from

Appears 25 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἀποκρύπτω, used by Hom. only in aor. 1, Ep. impf. ἀποκρύπτασκε Hes. Th. 157:—Pass., aor. -εκρύβην [ῠ] LXXJb. 3.23: fut. -κρῠβήσομαι ib.Ps. 18(19).6, Gal. UP 10.12:—Med., aor.2 -εκρυβόμην Apollod. 3.2.1:—Α. 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, οὔτε 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 νύκτʼ 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 καθʼ ἡδονὴν ποιεῖν to conceal oneʼs 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 I.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. VH 2.38, 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.
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