I.to hide from, keep hidden from, c. acc. et gen., θανάτοιο ἀπ. τινα Il.; c. dupl. acc., like Lat. celare aliquem aliquid, to keep back from one, Hdt.; so in Mid., ἀποκρύπτεσθαί τινά τι Xen., etc.
2.to hide from sight, keep hidden, conceal, Od., attic:—Mid., ἀποκρύπτεσθαι μὴ ποιεῖν τι to conceal one's doing, Thuc.
3.to obscure, throw into the shade, Plat.