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

(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

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
Derived forms	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