apocolocyntosis
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Latin
Etymology
A word invented for use in the title of the work Apocolocyntosis (divi) Claudii, a satire on the apotheosis of Claudius. From Ancient Greek ἀποκολοκύντωσις (apokolokúntōsis), from κολοκυνθίς (kolokunthís, “gourd”) by analogy with ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.po.ko.lo.kynˈtoː.sis/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.po.ko.lo.t͡ʃinˈto.sis/,
Noun
apocolocyntōsis f (genitive apocolocyntōsis); third declension
- (nonce word) pumpkinification, literally gourdification
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | apocolocyntōsis | apocolocyntōsēs |
| Genitive | apocolocyntōsis | apocolocyntōsium |
| Dative | apocolocyntōsī | apocolocyntōsibus |
| Accusative | apocolocyntōsem | apocolocyntōsēs apocolocyntōsīs |
| Ablative | apocolocyntōse | apocolocyntōsibus |
| Vocative | apocolocyntōsis | apocolocyntōsēs |
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: pumpkinification (calque)
- → French: apocoloquintose (learned)
References
- “apocolocyntosis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press