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ἀποκολοκύντωσις

ἀποκολοκύντωσις

Ancient Greek

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ἀποκολοκύντωσις (apokolokúntōsis) f (genitive ἀποκολοκυντώσεως); third declension

  1. (nonce word) pumpkinification (act of turning into a pumpkin, in jocular contrast with deification)
    • 155 CE – 235 CE, Cassius Dio, Collected Works 61.35
      Συνέθηκε μὲν γὰρ καὶ ὁ Σενέκας σύγγραμμα, ἀποκολοκύντωσιν αὐτὸ ὥσπερ τινὰ ἀπαθανάτισιν ὀνομάσας ..
      Seneca himself had composed a work that he called “Pumpkinification” —a word formed on the analogy of “deification” ..

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