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ὑπόκρισις

ὑπόκρισις, a reply, answer; performance

ὑπό-κρῐσις, εως, ἡ,
    • I Ion. (and perh. in Porph. Chr. 35.10), reply, answer (cf. ὑποκρίνω B. I), Hdt. 1.116, 9.9; τῶν χρηστηρίων Id. 1.90; but the Att. word ἀπόκρισις occurs in codd. at 1.49, 5.50.
    • II Att., playing a part on the stage, Arist. EN 1118a8, Phld. Mus. p.91 K.
      • 2 an oratorʼs delivery, Arist. Rh. 1386a32, 1403b22, 1413b18, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.96, Phld. Rh. 1.195 S., 201 S. (pl.); οἱ κατὰ τὴν ὑ. ῥήτορες orators who depend on their delivery, opp. to the authors of written speeches, Arist. Rh. 1404a18.
        • b tone or manner of an animalʼs cry, ὁ κυνηγέτης ἀπὸ τῆς ὑ. ᾔσθετο τοῦ κυνὸς ὑλακτοῦντος νῦν μὲν ὅτι ζητεῖ τὸν λαγών, νῦν δὲ ὅτι εὗρεν . . Porph. Abst. 3.5.
      • 3 metaph., playing a part, hypocrisy, outward show, Phoc. 2 B, Plb. 35.2.13, LXX 2 Ma. 6.25, Ev.Matt. 23.28, al., Luc. Somn. 17.
      • 4 ὑπόκρισιν, as Adv., after the manner of, δελφῖνος ὑ. Pi. Oxy. 408.69 ( = Fr. 235).

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