ὑποκόρισμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.po.kó.riz.ma/ → /y.poˈko.riz.ma/ → /i.poˈko.riz.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.po.kó.riz.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.poˈko.riz.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.poˈko.riz.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.poˈko.riz.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.poˈko.riz.ma/

Noun

ὑποκόρῐσμᾰ • (hupokórisma) 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 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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