Κρυψίνους

secretive, thought-concealing

Translated by David Whitehead19 May 2008Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 13 words

[Meaning who who is] crafty, villainous.¹
"He [sc. Isidore] was taciturn and secretive."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κρυψίνους· δόλιος, πανοῦργος. ἦν δὲ ἐχέμυθος καὶ κρυψίνους.

Betacode

*kruyi/nous: do/lios, panou=rgos. h)=n de\ e)xe/muqos kai\ kruyi/nous.

1Same glosses in other lexica; see the references at Photius kappa1122 Theodoridis, and an instance at rho 240. ↩
2Damascius, Life of Isidore fr. 60 Zintzen (28 Asmus); cf. epsilon 3988, iota 122. Compare generally Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.6.27. ↩

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