ὑποκρίνομαι
Infl. fut. -κρι^νοῦμαι
Infl. ionic -έομαι
Infl. aor1 ὑπεκρι_νάμην
Etym. later also aor1 and perf. pass. in mid. sense
I. "to reply, make answer, answer", Hom., Hdt.
2. "to expound, interpret, explain", Od., Ar.:—the attic word in this sense is ἀπο-κρίνομαι.
II. of actors, "to answer on the stage": hence "to play a part", τὴν Ἀντιγόνην ὑποκέκριται Dem.; ὑπ. τὸ βασιλικόν "to take" the king's "part", Arist.; ὑποκρ. τραγῳδίαν, κωμῳδίαν "to play" a tragedy, a comedy, id=Arist.; absol. "to play a part, be an actor", id=Arist.
2. "to represent dramatically": hence "to exaggerate", Dem.
3. metaph. "to play a part, to feign, pretend", c. inf., id=Dem.