cryptoporticus

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cryptoporticus.

Noun

cryptoporticus (plural cryptoporticuses or cryptoportici)

  1. (Roman architecture) A vaulted corridor or arcade 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 windows or openings instead of columns.
    • 1581, Richard Mulcaster, Positions‎, London: Longmans, Green and Company, published 1888, page 87:
      The close walkes, which were called cryptoporticus were not of choice but of necessitie, when extremitie of weather would not let them walke abroad.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From crypta +‎ porticus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kryp.toˈpor.ti.kus/, [krʏp.tɔˈpɔr.tɪ.kʊs]

Noun

cryptoporticus f (genitive cryptoporticūs); fourth declension

  1. (architecture) cryptoporticus

Declension

Fourth declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cryptoporticus cryptoporticūs
genitive cryptoporticūs cryptoporticuum
dative cryptoporticuī cryptoporticibus
accusative cryptoporticum cryptoporticūs
ablative cryptoporticū cryptoporticibus
vocative cryptoporticus cryptoporticūs
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