Note 899 — Chapter VII · THE MAKING OF A GOD.
Reading edition
Usener, Die Sinflutsagen, p. 58, draws attention to the hypocoristic form Ἡρύκαλος, see Hesych. s.v. τὸν Ἡρακλέα Σώφρων ὑποκοριστικῶς, and supposes an old Greek diminutive καλος = Lat. culus, homunculus, Herculus.