Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Hypocrita
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich.
HYPOC'RITA, or -TES (ὑποκριτής). An actor or performer who plays a part upon the stage (Suet. Nero, 24. Compare Quint. xi. 3. 7.) The word is properly a Greek one; and corresponds with the Latin histrio.