Sep 25, 2015
Formatio Verborum Latinorum / Formation of Latin Words
ἡ ἀποκολοκύνθωσις -εως / apocolocynthosis -is f. “transformation into a pumpkin,” “pumpkinification,” “gourdification” [ἀπό “off” + κολοκύνθη “pumpkin” + -ωσις “-osis”] [ἀπό + κολοκυνθα- + -ωσι-] preposition and stems [ἀπό + κολοκυνθ- + -ωσι-] α disappears before ω [ἀπό + κολοκυνθωσι-] preposition and new stem [ἀποκολοκυνθωσι-] new stem [ἀποκολοκύνθωσις] nominative singular [apocolocynthosis] ἀποκολοκύνθωσις Latinized
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