ὑποκοριστικός

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 • (hupokoristikós) 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 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
		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