ἐπικρύπτω

epikrypto

throw a

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Cratylus 3
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402c7
404c3
421b7
Laches 1
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196b2
Parmenides 1
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128c4
Protagoras 1
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346b2
Republic 1
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Book V 1
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476e1
Theaetetus 1
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180d1

Dictionary (LSJ)

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

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