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ὑποκριτής

ὑποκριτής, an interpreter, actor

ὑπο-κρῐτής, οῦ, ὁ,
  • one who answers:
    • I interpreter or expounder, τῆς διʼ αἰνιγμῶν φήμης Pl. Ti. 72b; ὀνείρων Luc. Somn. 17, etc.
    • II in Att., one who plays a part on the stage, actor, Ar. V. 1279, Pl. R. 373b, Chrm. 162d, Smp. 194b, X. Mem. 2.2.9, etc.
      • 2 of an orator, ποικίλος ὑ. καὶ περιττός (of Dem.) Phld. Rh. 1.197 S.; one who delivers, recites, declaimer, ἐπῶν Tim. Lex. s.v. ῥαψῳδοί; rhapsodist, D.S. 14.109, 15.7; this sense or sense II.1 is possible in PCair.Zen. 4.44 (iii B. C.).
      • 3 metaph., pretender, dissembler, hypocrite, LXX Jb. 34.30, 36.13, Ev.Matt. 23.13, al.

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