What does apocryphus mean in Latin?

apocryphus, a adjective, means “secret, not approved for public reading; apocryphal”.

How do you pronounce apocryphus?

In classical Latin, [aˈpɔ.kry.pʰʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈpɔː.kri.fus].

adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

apocryphus (feminine apocrypha, neuter apocryphum)

Classical[aˈpɔ.kry.pʰʊs]Ecclesiastical[aˈpɔː.kri.fus]

singular
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	apocryphus	apocrypha	apocryphum
genitive	apocryphī	apocryphae	apocryphī
dative	apocryphō	apocryphae	apocryphō
accusative	apocryphum	apocrypham	apocryphum
ablative	apocryphō	apocryphā	apocryphō
vocative	apocryphe	apocrypha	apocryphum

plural
form	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	apocryphī	apocryphae	apocrypha
genitive	apocryphōrum	apocryphārum	apocryphōrum
dative	apocryphīs	apocryphīs	apocryphīs
accusative	apocryphōs	apocryphās	apocrypha
ablative	apocryphīs	apocryphīs	apocryphīs
vocative	apocryphī	apocryphae	apocrypha

ăpŏcrўphus, a, um, adj., = ἀπόκρυφος (eccl. t. = spurious or uncanonical): libri, in the Church fathers,

I. the apocryphal books incorporated with the Bible.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπόκρυφος (apókruphos).

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