apocryphus

apocryphus

Latin

Alternative forms

  • apocrifus (Late Latin, Vulgate)

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos)bor.
Latin apocryphus

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    apocryphus (feminine apocrypha, neuter apocryphum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. secret, not approved for public reading
    2. apocryphal

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative apocryphus apocrypha apocryphum apocryphī apocryphae apocrypha
    genitive apocryphī apocryphae apocryphī apocryphōrum apocryphārum apocryphōrum
    dative apocryphō apocryphae apocryphō apocryphīs
    accusative apocryphum apocrypham apocryphum apocryphōs apocryphās apocrypha
    ablative apocryphō apocryphā apocryphō apocryphīs
    vocative apocryphe apocrypha apocryphum apocryphī apocryphae apocrypha

    Descendants

    • Asturian: apócrifu
    • Catalan: apòcrif
    • French: apocryphe
    • Italian: apocrifo
    • Portuguese: apócrifo
    • Romanian: apocrif
    • Spanish: apócrifo

    References

    • “apocryphus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “apocryphus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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