cryptoporticus

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Ancient Greek κρῠ́πτω (krŭ́ptō)

Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós)

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-

Latin porticus

Latin cryptoporticusbor.

English cryptoporticus

cryptoporticus (plural cryptoporticuses or cryptoportici)

(Roman architecture) A vaulted corridor or arcade at, or just below ground level; normally lit by openings in the upper part of the vault. Also a roofed promenade that is enclosed with side walls that have windows or openings instead of columns.
- 1581, Richard Mulcaster, Positions‎^[1], London: Longmans, Green and Company, published 1888, page 87:
  The close walkes, which were called cryptoporticus were not of choice but of necessitie, when extremitie of weather would not let them walke abroad.

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek κρῠ́πτω (krŭ́ptō)

Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós)

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-

Latin porticus

Latin cryptoporticus

From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “concealed, hidden”) + Latin -o- + porticus.

cryptoporticus f (genitive cryptoporticūs); fourth declension

Fourth-declension noun.