ὑποκόρισμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “to call by endearing names”) +‎ -μα (-ma).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὑποκόρῐσμᾰ • (hupokórĭsmă) n (genitive ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτος); third declension

  1. coaxing or endearing name, term of endearment, pet name
  2. fair name for something base, euphemism
  3. diminutive, hypocoristic

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ ὑποκόρῐσμᾰ; τοῦ ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ὑποκόρῐσμᾰ
tò hupokórĭsmă 		τὼ ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτε
tṑ hupokorĭ́smăte 		τᾰ̀ ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτᾰ
tằ hupokorĭ́smătă
Genitive τοῦ ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτος
toû hupokorĭ́smătos 		τοῖν ὑποκορῐσμᾰ́τοιν
toîn hupokorĭsmắtoin 		τῶν ὑποκορῐσμᾰ́των
tôn hupokorĭsmắtōn
Dative τῷ ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτῐ
tōî hupokorĭ́smătĭ 		τοῖν ὑποκορῐσμᾰ́τοιν
toîn hupokorĭsmắtoin 		τοῖς ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰσῐ / ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰσῐν
toîs hupokorĭ́smăsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸ ὑποκόρῐσμᾰ
tò hupokórĭsmă 		τὼ ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτε
tṑ hupokorĭ́smăte 		τᾰ̀ ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτᾰ
tằ hupokorĭ́smătă
Vocative ὑποκόρῐσμᾰ
hupokórĭsmă 		ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτε
hupokorĭ́smăte 		ὑποκορῐ́σμᾰτᾰ
hupokorĭ́smătă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • ὑποκορισμός (hupokorismós)

Descendants

  • → Latin: hypocorisma

Further reading

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