endearing
From LSJ
ἀκμὴ οὐδὲ ἔχει γενέσεως ὑπόστασιν καθ' ἑαυτήν → the culmination has no power of originating by itself
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
V. φίλος (Eur., Iphigenia in Aulis 1222).
call by endearing names: Ar. and V. ὑποκορίζεσθαι (acc.).