different between catacomb vs crypta

English

Etymology

From Old English [Term?], from Late Latin catacumbas, name of the underground cemetery of St. Sebastian in Rome, dissimilation of Latin cata- (“among”) (from Ancient Greek ???? (katá, “under”)) + tumbas (from Ancient Greek ?????? (túmbos, “swell”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kat??k??m/ (less commonly) IPA^(key): /?kat?ku?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kætako?m/, /?kæt?ku?m/

Noun

catacomb (plural catacombs)

1. (often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?ip.ta/

Verb

crypta

1. third-person singular past historic of crypter

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (krupt?), female form of the adjective ??????? (kruptós).

Noun

crypta f (genitive cryptae); first declension

1. underground passage, tunnel
2. crypt; underground room for rites; vault

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

Noun

crypta

1. nominative plural of crypton
2. accusative plural of crypton
3. vocative plural of crypton

References

• crypta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• crypta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• crypta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• crypta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• crypta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• crypta in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin