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Hello everyone,

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I would like to get myself a little bit more educated on diminutive suffixes in ancient Greek and modern Greek names. Sadly, these aren't explained on the section about diminutive suffixes on this website (http://www.behindthename.com/glossary/view/diminutive), and there isn't all that much to be found on the topic on the Internet, either. So, if someone is able and willing to shed some more light on the matter, I would be very much obliged. :)

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So far, I have been able to find the following:

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-arion-, can't think of an example (yet)
-idio-, can't think of an example (yet)
-ion-, found in names like Kaisarion (see Caesarion), Herodion and Satyrion
-isko-, found in names like Leontiskos (see Leontiscus)

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(taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminutive#Greek)

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There are probably more diminutive suffixes out there that I have missed. For example, is -idas also a diminutive suffix? Since I have seen Anaxandridas as a variant form of Anaxandros, Leonidas as a variant form of Leonios, Agatharchidas as a variant form of Agatharchos, and so on.

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Well, that's all that I have been able to find, I'm afraid. Again, thank you in advance for any input that you can provide. :)

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Sincerely,

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Lucille

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