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 • (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 tôi 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.

Related terms

• ὑποκορισμός (hupokorismós)

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