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ἀποκρύπτω

ἀποκρύπτω, to hide from, keep hidden from

ἀποκρύπτω, used by Hom. only in aor. 1, Ep. impf. ἀποκρύπτασκε Hes. Th. 157:—Pass., aor. -εκρύβην [ῠ] LXX Jb. 3.23: fut. -κρῠβήσομαι ib. Ps. 18(19).6, Gal. UP 10.12:—Med., aor.2 -εκρυβόμην Apollod. 3.2.1:—
  • hide from, keep hidden from, c. acc. et gen., αἲ 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 LXX 4 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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