cryptoporticus

English

Alternative forms

• cryptoportico

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek κρῠ́πτω (krŭ́ptō)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Hellenic *-ós

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Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.

Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)

Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós)

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-

Latin porticus

Latin cryptoporticusbor.

English cryptoporticus

Borrowed from Latin cryptoporticus.

Noun

cryptoporticus (plural cryptoporticuses or cryptoportici)

1. (Ancient Rome, architecture) A vaulted arcade or corridor at, or just below, ground level, normally lit by openings in the upper part of the vault; also, a roofed promenade that is enclosed with side walls that have openings or windows instead of columns.
   • 1581, Richard Mulcaster, “Of Walking”, in Positions wherin Those Primitive Circvmstances be Examined, which are Necessarie for the Training Vp of Children, either for Skill in Their Booke, or Health in Their Bodie. […], London: […] Thomas Vautrollier for Thomas Chare [i.e., Chard], →OCLC, page 86:

     The cloſe vvalkes, vvhich vvere called cryptoporticus vvere not of choice but of neceſſitie, vvhen extremitie of vveather vvould not let them vvalke abroad.

Translations

vaulted arcade or corridor at, or just below, ground level

• Catalan: criptopòrtic m
• French: cryptoportique (fr) m
• German: Kryptoportikus m or f
• Italian: criptoportico (it) m
• Latin: cryptoporticus f
• Portuguese: criptopórtico (pt) m
• Spanish: criptopórtico m

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek κρῠ́πτω (krŭ́ptō)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Hellenic *-ós

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Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ.

Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)

Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós)

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-

Latin porticus

Latin cryptoporticus

From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “concealed, hidden”) + Latin -o- + porticus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kryp.tɔˈpɔr.tɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [krip.toˈpɔr.ti.kus]

Noun

cryptoporticus f (genitive cryptoporticūs); fourth declension

1. (architecture) cryptoporticus

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cryptoporticus	cryptoporticūs
genitive	cryptoporticūs	cryptoporticuum
dative	cryptoporticuī	cryptoporticibus
accusative	cryptoporticum	cryptoporticūs
ablative	cryptoporticū	cryptoporticibus
vocative	cryptoporticus	cryptoporticūs