The corpus record

ὑπο-κρῐτής

upokrites

‘; von ὑποκρίγνομαι = “auslegen, deuten

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Where it lives

Matthew 13 · 7.25/10k
Ars Poetica 7 · 6.92/10k
On the Peace 1 · 6.89/10k
Ion 2 · 4.99/10k
Against Eubulides 1 · 2.18/10k
Symposium 2 · 2.1/10k
Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
On the Crown 3 · 1.54/10k
Job 2 · 1.5/10k
Charmides 1 · 1.2/10k
Against Neaera 1 · 1.1/10k
Luke 2 · 1.04/10k

Densest 12 of 27 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ὑποκριτής · hypokritēs — Frisk

ὑποκριτής („der Antwortende“ od. „der Ausleger‘‘; von ὑποκρίγνομαι = “auslegen, deuten’?) behandelt ausführlich B. Zucchelli Hypokrites. Origine e storia del termine. Genova 1963. Für ὑποκριτής “Ausleger, Erklärer’, nicht “Antworter” auch Lesky Studi in onore di U. E. Paoli (Firenze 1955) 469476. — [Frisk, s.v. ὑποκριτής, p. 2264]

2. ὑπο-κρῐτής · hypo-kritēs — LSJ

one who answers

one who answers:

I interpreter, expounder

interpreter or expounder, τῆς διʼ αἰνιγμῶν φήμης Pl. Ti. 72b; ὀνείρων Luc. Somn. 17, etc.

II one who plays a part, actor

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 one who delivers, recites, declaimer, rhapsodist

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 pretender, dissembler, hypocrite

metaph., pretender, dissembler, hypocrite, LXX Jb. 34.30, 36.13, Ev.Matt. 23.13, al.

In the wild

ὑποκριτὴν · hypokritēn Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 934)
ὑποκριτῶν · hypokritōn Aristotle, Ars Poetica 18
ὑποκριτῶν · hypokritōn Aristotle, Ars Poetica 24
ὑποκριτάς · hypokritas Aristotle, Ars Poetica 26
ὑποκριτῶν · hypokritōn Aristotle, Ars Poetica 4
ὑποκριτῶν · hypokritōn Aristotle, Ars Poetica 5

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Where it came from

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