ὑποκοριστικός

See also: υποκοριστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “to call by endearing names”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós). See also ὑπό (hupó, “below”) and κόρη (kórē, “girl”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.po.ko.ris.ti.kós/ → /y.po.ko.ris.tiˈkos/ → /i.po.ko.ris.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.po.ko.ris.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.po.ko.ris.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.po.ko.ris.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.po.ko.ris.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.po.ko.ris.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ὑποκορῐστῐκός • (hupokorĭstĭkós) m (feminine ὑποκορῐστῐκή, neuter ὑποκορῐστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. diminutive, hypocoristic

Inflection

First and second declension of ὑποκορῐστῐκός; ὑποκορῐστῐκή; ὑποκορῐστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὑποκορῐστῐκός hupokorĭstĭkós	ὑποκορῐστῐκή hupokorĭstĭkḗ	ὑποκορῐστῐκόν hupokorĭstĭkón		ὑποκορῐστῐκώ hupokorĭstĭkṓ	ὑποκορῐστῐκᾱ́ hupokorĭstĭkā́	ὑποκορῐστῐκώ hupokorĭstĭkṓ		ὑποκορῐστῐκοί hupokorĭstĭkoí	ὑποκορῐστῐκαί hupokorĭstĭkaí	ὑποκορῐστῐκᾰ́ hupokorĭstĭkắ
Genitive		ὑποκορῐστῐκοῦ hupokorĭstĭkoû	ὑποκορῐστῐκῆς hupokorĭstĭkês	ὑποκορῐστῐκοῦ hupokorĭstĭkoû		ὑποκορῐστῐκοῖν hupokorĭstĭkoîn	ὑποκορῐστῐκαῖν hupokorĭstĭkaîn	ὑποκορῐστῐκοῖν hupokorĭstĭkoîn		ὑποκορῐστῐκῶν hupokorĭstĭkôn	ὑποκορῐστῐκῶν hupokorĭstĭkôn	ὑποκορῐστῐκῶν hupokorĭstĭkôn
Dative		ὑποκορῐστῐκῷ hupokorĭstĭkôi	ὑποκορῐστῐκῇ hupokorĭstĭkêi	ὑποκορῐστῐκῷ hupokorĭstĭkôi		ὑποκορῐστῐκοῖν hupokorĭstĭkoîn	ὑποκορῐστῐκαῖν hupokorĭstĭkaîn	ὑποκορῐστῐκοῖν hupokorĭstĭkoîn		ὑποκορῐστῐκοῖς hupokorĭstĭkoîs	ὑποκορῐστῐκαῖς hupokorĭstĭkaîs	ὑποκορῐστῐκοῖς hupokorĭstĭkoîs
Accusative		ὑποκορῐστῐκόν hupokorĭstĭkón	ὑποκορῐστῐκήν hupokorĭstĭkḗn	ὑποκορῐστῐκόν hupokorĭstĭkón		ὑποκορῐστῐκώ hupokorĭstĭkṓ	ὑποκορῐστῐκᾱ́ hupokorĭstĭkā́	ὑποκορῐστῐκώ hupokorĭstĭkṓ		ὑποκορῐστῐκούς hupokorĭstĭkoús	ὑποκορῐστῐκᾱ́ς hupokorĭstĭkā́s	ὑποκορῐστῐκᾰ́ hupokorĭstĭkắ
Vocative		ὑποκορῐστῐκέ hupokorĭstĭké	ὑποκορῐστῐκή hupokorĭstĭkḗ	ὑποκορῐστῐκόν hupokorĭstĭkón		ὑποκορῐστῐκώ hupokorĭstĭkṓ	ὑποκορῐστῐκᾱ́ hupokorĭstĭkā́	ὑποκορῐστῐκώ hupokorĭstĭkṓ		ὑποκορῐστῐκοί hupokorĭstĭkoí	ὑποκορῐστῐκαί hupokorĭstĭkaí	ὑποκορῐστῐκᾰ́ hupokorĭstĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὑποκορῐστῐκῶς hupokorĭstĭkôs				ὑποκορῐστῐκώτερος hupokorĭstĭkṓteros				ὑποκορῐστῐκώτᾰτος hupokorĭstĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: hypocoristic
• → Greek: υποκοριστικός (ypokoristikós) (learned)

References

• “ὑποκοριστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὑποκοριστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette