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hypocrisis
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LNS
hypocrisis, hypocrisis
hypocrisis
ὑπόκρισις
noun (f., 3
rd
Greek declension)
an imitation of a person's speech and gestures, mimicry
hypocrisy, pretended sanctity
Abbreviations
hypocrisis, is, f.
, = ὑπόκρισις, an imitation of a person's speech and gestures, mimicry, Don. Vit. Verg. 11.
— Transf., hypocrisy, pretended sanctity (eccl. Lat.), = pietatis simulatio, Vulg. Matt. 23, 28; id. Luc. 12, 1.
