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ὑπο-κρῐτικός

upokritikos

belonging to ὑπόκρισις II, skilled therein

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Where it lives

Ars Poetica 3 · 2.97/10k
Rhetoric 6 · 1.4/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

ὑπο-κρῐτικός · hypo-kritikos — LSJ

belonging to ὑπόκρισις II, skilled therein, having a good delivery

belonging to ὑπόκρισις II, skilled therein, ἔστι φύσεως τὸ ὑ. εἶναι having a good delivery, Arist. Rh. 1404a15.

2 suited for speaking, delivery, the art of delivery, the actorʼs art

suited for speaking or delivery, λέξις -κωτάτη ib. 1413b9, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 193: ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) the art of delivery, Arist. Rh. 1404a13, Po. 1456b10, al. (but, the actorʼs art, Hp. Vict. 1.24 (v.l. ὑποκριταί), Phld. Mus. p.91 K., Gal. Thras. 27). Adv. -κῶς Chamael. ap. Ath. 9.407a.

3 acting a part, pretending to

metaph., acting a part, pretending to, ὑ. τοῦ βελτίονος Luc. Alex. 4, cf. Vett.Val. 42.25, al. Adv. -κῶς Id. 38.19.

In the wild

ὑποκριτικῆς · hypokritikēs Aristotle, Ars Poetica 19
ὑποκριτικά · hypokritika Aristotle, Ars Poetica 20
ὑποκριτικῆς · hypokritikēs Aristotle, Ars Poetica 26
ὑποκριτικὴ · hypokritikē Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
ὑποκριτικωτάτη · hypokritikōtatē Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
ὑποκριτική · hypokritikē Aristotle, Rhetoric 3

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