ἀποκολοκύντωσις
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.po.ko.lo.kýn.tɔː.sis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.po.ko.loˈkyn.to.sis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.po.ko.loˈcyn.to.sis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.po.ko.loˈcyn.to.sis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.po.ko.loˈcin.do.sis/
Noun
ἀποκολοκύντωσις • (apokolokúntōsis) f (genitive ἀποκολοκυντώσεως); third declension
- (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” ..
- Συνέθηκε μὲν γὰρ καὶ ὁ Σενέκας σύγγραμμα, ἀποκολοκύντωσιν αὐτὸ ὥσπερ τινὰ ἀπαθανάτισιν ὀνομάσας ..
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ἀποκολοκύντωσῐς hē apokolokúntōsis |
τὼ ἀποκολοκυντώσει tṑ apokolokuntṓsei |
αἱ ἀποκολοκυντώσεις hai apokolokuntṓseis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ἀποκολοκυντώσεως tês apokolokuntṓseōs |
τοῖν ἀποκολοκυντωσέοιν toîn apokolokuntōséoin |
τῶν ἀποκολοκυντώσεων tôn apokolokuntṓseōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ἀποκολοκυντώσει têi apokolokuntṓsei |
τοῖν ἀποκολοκυντωσέοιν toîn apokolokuntōséoin |
ταῖς ἀποκολοκυντώσεσῐ / ἀποκολοκυντώσεσῐν taîs apokolokuntṓsesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ἀποκολοκύντωσῐν tḕn apokolokúntōsin |
τὼ ἀποκολοκυντώσει tṑ apokolokuntṓsei |
τᾱ̀ς ἀποκολοκυντώσεις tā̀s apokolokuntṓseis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀποκολοκύντωσῐ apokolokúntōsi |
ἀποκολοκυντώσει apokolokuntṓsei |
ἀποκολοκυντώσεις apokolokuntṓseis | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis)
Descendants
- Latin: apocolocyntōsis
- → English: pumpkinification (calque)
- → French: apocoloquintose (learned)
- → German: Verkürbissung (calque)
References
- “ἀποκολοκύντωσις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press