French

Verb

crypta

1. third-person singular past historic of crypter

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κρυπτή ‎(kruptḗ), female form of the adjective κρυπτός ‎(kruptós).

Noun

crypta f ‎(genitive cryptae); first declension

1. crypt; underground room for rites; vault

Declension

First declension.

Descendants

Noun

crypta

1. nominative plural of crypton
2. accusative plural of crypton
3. vocative plural of crypton

References

• crypta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• crypta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CRYPTA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “crypta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• crypta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• crypta in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin