apocolocyntosis

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 Latin) IPA^(key): /a.po.ko.lo.kynˈtoː.sis/, [äpɔkɔɫ̪ɔkʏn̪ˈt̪oːs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.po.ko.lo.t͡ʃinˈto.sis/, [äpokolot͡ʃin̪ˈt̪ɔːs̬is]

Noun

apocolocyntōsis f (genitive apocolocyntōsis); third declension

1. (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

• apotheosis

Descendants

• → English: pumpkinification (calque)
• → French: apocoloquintose (learned)

References

• “apocolocyntosis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press