A.separate gradually, Suid., Eust.687.20.
B. Med. ὑποκρίνομαι , fut. -κρινοῦμαι, Ion. “-έομαι” Hdt.1.164: aor. “ὑπεκρινάμην” Od.15.170, Hdt.3.119 (v.l. -ετο): later also aor. and pf. Pass. in med. sense, ὑπεκρίθην [ι^] Ctes.Fr.29.41, Plb.5.25.7, App.BC4.46; “ὑποκέκρι^μαι” D.19.246:—reply, make answer, Il.12.228; τινι 7.407, Od.2.111, 15.170, cf. Hdt.1.2, 164, Hp.Fract.16, etc.; of an oracle, Hdt.1.78,91:—the Att. word was ἀποκρίνομαι (ὑποκρ- is given by all codd. of Th.7.44, as, vice versa, ἀποκρ- appears in all codd. of Hdt.5.49, 8.101; cf. “ὑπόκρισις” 1).
2. expound, interpret, explain, “ὄνειρον” Od.19.535,555; “ὀνείρατα” Ar.V.53, cf. Philostr.VA2.37, Hp.Ep.15; ὑ. ὅπως . . Theoc.24.67.
II. Att., speak in dialogue, hence play a part on the stage, the part played being put in acc., “τὴν Ἀντιγόνην Σοφοκλέους ὑποκέκριται” D. l. c.; [ἥρωα] Luc.Nigr.11: abs., play a part, be an actor, “οἱ ὑποκρινόμενοι” Arist.EN1147a23; ὑ. τραγῳδίας, κωμῳδίαν, play tragedies, comedy, Id.Rh.1403b23, Luc.Merc.Cond.30, cf. Nigr.24, etc.; ὑπεκρίθησαν τραγῳδοί tragedians acted, Chares Fr.4 J.; μισθῶν ἐλασσόνων συνεχώρησεν ὑποκρινεῖσθαι “τῷ δήμῳ” Supp.Epigr.1.362.10 (Samos, iv B. C.): also ὑ. τὰ πάντα [προσωπεῖα] play all the characters, Luc.Salt.66; ὑ. μανίαν ib. 83.
2. deliver a speech, declaim, of orators and rhetoricians, Arist. Rh.1413b23, Phld.Rh.1.195 S., al.: c. acc., “τὰ Ὁμήρου” Ath.14.620d; “ἀλλοτρίους λόγους” Luc.Pseudol.25; represent dramatically, ἐρωτικῶν δραμάτων ὑποθέσεις, of Hld., Ach. Tat., and Iamb., Phot.Bibl.p.73 B.; ape, mimic, “τὸ τῶν Ἰνδῶν ἔργον” Philostr.VA3.4; represent in art, Philostr Jun.Im.Prooem., cf. Callistr.Stat.7.
3. of an orator, use histrionic arts, exaggerate, D.18.15.
4. metaph., play a part, feign, pretend, ib.287, LXX Si.1.29, al.; ὑ. τὸν βασιλικόν take the king's part, play the king, Arist.Pol.1314a40; ὑπολαμβάνειν καὶ ὑποκρίνεσθαι ib. 1310a10; “μεγαλοψυχίαν” Phld.Vit.p.24 J.: c. inf., D.31.8, Plb.2.49.7, LXX 4 Ma.6.15; ὑ. ὡς ἐσθίοντα ib.2 Ma.6.21; “ὑποκριθεὶς νεκρὸς διέφυγε” Vett.Val.275.19.
5. c. acc., deceive, App.Pun.13 (s. v. l.).