ὑπο-κρῐτής, οῦ, ὁ,
one who answers:
__I interpreter or expounder, τῆς δι᾽ αἰνιγμῶν φήμης [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 72b; ὀνείρων 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Somn.” 17, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II in Attic dialect, one who plays a part on the stage, actor, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1279, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 373b, “Chrm.” 162d, “Smp.” 194b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.2.9, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 of an orator, ποικίλος ὑ. καὶ περιττός (of Dem.) [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.197 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; one who delivers, recites, declaimer, ἐπῶν [[ Timaeus Grammaticus “Lex.” ] Refs] see at {ῥαψῳδοί}; rhapsodist, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.109, 15.7 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; this sense or sense [[ 11.1 ] Refs] is possible in [[ “PCair.Zen.” 4.44 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II.3 metaphorically, pretender, dissembler, hypocrite, [[ LXX.Job.34.30, 36.13, NT.Matt.23.13, +others ] LXX+NT]