ὑποκόρισμα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “to call by endearing names”) + -μα (-ma).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hy.po.kó.riz.ma/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)y.poˈko.riz.ma/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /y.poˈko.riz.ma/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /y.poˈko.riz.ma/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.poˈko.riz.ma/
Noun
ὑποκόρῐσμᾰ • (hupokórisma) n (genitive ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτος); third declension
- coaxing or endearing name, term of endearment, pet name
- fair name for something base, euphemism
- diminutive, hypocoristic
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ὑποκόρῐσμᾰ tò hupokórisma |
τὼ ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ hupokorísmate |
τᾰ̀ ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tà hupokorísmata | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτος toû hupokorísmatos |
τοῖν ὑποκορῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn hupokorismátoin |
τῶν ὑποκορῐσμᾰ́των tôn hupokorismátōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτῐ tôi hupokorísmati |
τοῖν ὑποκορῐσμᾰ́τοιν toîn hupokorismátoin |
τοῖς ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰσῐ / ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰσῐν toîs hupokorísmasi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ὑποκόρῐσμᾰ tò hupokórisma |
τὼ ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτε tṑ hupokorísmate |
τᾰ̀ ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτᾰ tà hupokorísmata | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὑποκόρῐσμᾰ hupokórisma |
ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτε hupokorísmate |
ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτᾰ hupokorísmata | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: hypocorisma
- → English: hypocorism
Further reading
- “ὑποκόρισμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὑποκόρισμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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