apocryphus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === apocrifus (Late Latin, Vulgate) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈpɔ.kry.pʰʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈpɔː.kri.fus] === Adjective === apocryphus (feminine apocrypha, neuter apocryphum); first/second-declension adjective secret, not approved for public reading apocryphal ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: apócrifu Catalan: apòcrif French: apocryphe Italian: apocrifo Portuguese: apócrifo Romanian: apocrif Spanish: apócrifo === References === “apocryphus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “apocryphus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.