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ὑπο-κρι^τικός , ή, όν,
A.belonging to “ὑπόκρισις” 11, skilled therein, “ἔστι φύσεως τὸ ὑ. εἶναι” having a good delivery, Arist.Rh.1404a15.
2. suited for speaking or delivery, λέξις -κωτάτη ib. 1413b9, cf. Demetr.Eloc.193: ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) the art of delivery, Arist.Rh. 1404a13, Po.1456b10, al. (but, the actor's art, Hp.Vict.1.24 (v.l. ὑποκριταί), Phld.Mus.p.91 K., Gal.Thras.27). Adv. “-κῶς” Chamael. ap. Ath.9.407a.
3. metaph., acting a part, pretending to, “ὑ. τοῦ βελτίονος” Luc.Alex.4, cf. Vett.Val.42.25, al. Adv. “-κῶς” Id.38.19.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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    • Aristotle, Poetics, 1456b.10
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