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|Definition=ατος, τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> a [[coax]]ing or [[endear]]ing [[name]], as Dem. said that his [[nickname]] [[Βάταλος]] was ἐξ ὑποκορίσματος [[τίτθη]]ς, Aeschin.1.126.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[blandishment]], [[diminutive]], [[euphemism]], a [[fair]] [[name]] for something base, as [[παράσιτος]] for [[πολυφάγος]], Alex. 178.2, cf. 219.5; [[σεισάχθεια]] for χρεῶν [[ἀποκοπή]], Plu. 2.807e; so φυγῆς ὑποκόρισμα καὶ [[παρακάλυμμα]] Id.Galb.20.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[diminutive]], Eust.1540.54.