ἀποκολοκύντωσις

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Etymology

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A word invented for use in the title of the work Apocolocyntosis (divi) Claudii, a satire by Seneca on the apotheosis of the Roman emperor Claudius. From ἀπο- (apo-) +‎ κολοκυνθίς (kolokunthís, gourd) +‎ -ωσις (-ōsis, verbal noun suffix), by analogy with ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis).

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Noun

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ἀποκολοκύντωσις (apokolokúntōsisf (genitive ἀποκολοκυντώσεως); third declension

  1. (nonce word) pumpkinification (act of turning into a pumpkin, in jocular contrast with deification)
    • 155 CE – 235 CE, Cassius Dio, Collected Works 61.35:
      Συνέθηκε μὲν γὰρ καὶ ὁ Σενέκας σύγγραμμα, ἀποκολοκύντωσιν αὐτὸ ὥσπερ τινὰ ἀπαθανάτισιν ὀνομάσας ..
      Sunéthēke mèn gàr kaì ho Senékas súngramma, apokolokúntōsin autò hṓsper tinà apathanátisin onomásas ..
      Seneca himself had composed a work that he called “Pumpkinification” —a word formed on the analogy of “deification” ..

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