cryptoporticus

== English == === Alternative forms === cryptoportico === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cryptoporticus. === Noun === cryptoporticus (plural cryptoporticuses or cryptoportici) (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. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === 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 (architecture) cryptoporticus ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun.