α ou ος, ον [ῠ]
      1 caché, PD. P. 1, 162 ; SOPH. Ph. 1328 ;
      2 secret, clandestin, HÉS. O. 791 ; PD. N. 8, 44 ; SOPH. Tr. 360 ; EUR. El. 720, etc. ;
      3 c. ὁ δεῖνα, un tel, le premier venu, SPT. Ruth 4, 1 ; Ps. 9, 1 ; 45, 1.

➳ Fém. -ος, EUR. I.T. 1328 ; THC. 7, 25.

Étym. κρύπτω.

α, ον, also ος, ον E. IT 1328, Th. 7.25: — hidden, concealed, θυμός Pi. P. 1.84; ὄφις S. Ph. 1328.
secret, clandestine, ὀαρισμοί Hes. Op. 789; λέχος S. Tr. 360; εὐναί E. El. 719 (lyr.); ἔρωτες Musae. 1; ψᾶφοι Pi. N. 8.26; κ. εἰσῆλθον E. HF 598. Adv. -ίως Ps.-Luc. Philopatr. 9.
occult, Procl. Inst. 121, Dam. Pr. 151; latent, ib. 192, 201. Adv. -ίως ib. 153. voc. κρύφιε such an one, LXX Ru. 4.1. κρύφιος, ὁ, fabulous gem, Ps.-Plu. Fluv. 13.4. κρύφιος, ὁ, title of a grade of initiates in the mysteries of Mithras, CIL 6.751a, 753 (pl.).

wie κρυφαῖος, heimlich, verstohlen ; Hes. O. 791 ; Soph. Phil. 1312 ; λέχος κρ. Trach. 359, von dem unrechtmäßigen Beischlaf, wie εὐναί Eur. El. 720 ; öfter auch in späterer Prosa.

1. hidden, concealed , (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.
2. secret, clandestine , (Hesiod), etc. (ML)