ὑποκοριστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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 hupokoristikós	ὑποκορῐστῐκή hupokoristikḗ	ὑποκορῐστῐκόν hupokoristikón	ὑποκορῐστῐκώ hupokoristikṓ	ὑποκορῐστῐκᾱ́ hupokoristikā́	ὑποκορῐστῐκώ hupokoristikṓ	ὑποκορῐστῐκοί hupokoristikoí	ὑποκορῐστῐκαί hupokoristikaí	ὑποκορῐστῐκᾰ́ hupokoristiká
Genitive	ὑποκορῐστῐκοῦ hupokoristikoû	ὑποκορῐστῐκῆς hupokoristikês	ὑποκορῐστῐκοῦ hupokoristikoû	ὑποκορῐστῐκοῖν hupokoristikoîn	ὑποκορῐστῐκαῖν hupokoristikaîn	ὑποκορῐστῐκοῖν hupokoristikoîn	ὑποκορῐστῐκῶν hupokoristikôn	ὑποκορῐστῐκῶν hupokoristikôn	ὑποκορῐστῐκῶν hupokoristikôn
Dative	ὑποκορῐστῐκῷ hupokoristikôi	ὑποκορῐστῐκῇ hupokoristikêi	ὑποκορῐστῐκῷ hupokoristikôi	ὑποκορῐστῐκοῖν hupokoristikoîn	ὑποκορῐστῐκαῖν hupokoristikaîn	ὑποκορῐστῐκοῖν hupokoristikoîn	ὑποκορῐστῐκοῖς hupokoristikoîs	ὑποκορῐστῐκαῖς hupokoristikaîs	ὑποκορῐστῐκοῖς hupokoristikoîs
Accusative	ὑποκορῐστῐκόν hupokoristikón	ὑποκορῐστῐκήν hupokoristikḗn	ὑποκορῐστῐκόν hupokoristikón	ὑποκορῐστῐκώ hupokoristikṓ	ὑποκορῐστῐκᾱ́ hupokoristikā́	ὑποκορῐστῐκώ hupokoristikṓ	ὑποκορῐστῐκούς hupokoristikoús	ὑποκορῐστῐκᾱ́ς hupokoristikā́s	ὑποκορῐστῐκᾰ́ hupokoristiká
Vocative	ὑποκορῐστῐκέ hupokoristiké	ὑποκορῐστῐκή hupokoristikḗ	ὑποκορῐστῐκόν hupokoristikón	ὑποκορῐστῐκώ hupokoristikṓ	ὑποκορῐστῐκᾱ́ hupokoristikā́	ὑποκορῐστῐκώ hupokoristikṓ	ὑποκορῐστῐκοί hupokoristikoí	ὑποκορῐστῐκαί hupokoristikaí	ὑποκορῐστῐκᾰ́ hupokoristiká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ὑποκορῐστῐκῶς hupokoristikôs			ὑποκορῐστῐκώτερος hupokoristikṓteros			ὑποκορῐστῐκώτᾰτος hupokoristikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ English: hypocoristic

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

ὑποκοριστικός

Contents