cryptoporticus Latin · revision 33000

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=61/62–before 117 AD, Pliny the Younger|origins=grc κρυπτός}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kryp.tɔˈpɔr.tɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [krip.toˈpɔr.ti.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cryptoporticus''' ''f'' (genitive cryptoporticūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ Its first part is [[bor|grc|κρυπτός|tr=kruptós|t=hidden]], its second [[m|la|porticus|t=colonnade]]: a hybrid compound.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from the Younger Pliny,^(Köbler 2010) who describes a covered gallery in his villa almost as large as a public building.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a covered gallery, cloister or vaulted passage; the TLL notes that it means much the same as [[crypta]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 61/62–before 117 AD – The Younger Pliny of his villa.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A covered gallery, [[m|en|cloister]], vaulted passage.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[crypta]]

+ * [[porticus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}