κόσμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *muH₂-, *meuH₂- (“to wash, wet”), same source as Latin mundus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA: /kós.mos/ → /ˈkos.mos/ → /ˈkos.mos/

• 5th BC Attic: IPA: /kós.mos/
• 1st BC Egyptian: IPA: /ˈkos.mos/
• 4th AD Koine: IPA: /ˈkos.mos/
• 10th AD Byzantine: IPA: /ˈkos.mos/
• 15th AD Constantinopolitan: IPA: /ˈkos.mos/

Noun

κόσμος • (kósmos) (genitive κόσμου) m, second declension

1. order
2. lawful order, government
3. mode, fashion
4. ornament, decoration
5. honour, credit
6. ruler
7. world, universe, the earth
8. mankind

Inflection

Second declension of κόσμος, κόσμου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κόσμος	τὼ κόσμω	οἱ κόσμοι
Genitive	τοῦ κόσμου	τοῖν κόσμοιν	τῶν κόσμων
Dative	τῷ κόσμῳ	τοῖν κόσμοιν	τοῖς κόσμοις
Accusative	τὸν κόσμον	τὼ κόσμω	τοὺς κόσμους
Vocative	κόσμε	κόσμω	κόσμοι

Descendants

• English: cosmos
• French: cosmos

• Greek: κόσμος (kósmos)
• Russian: космос m (kosmos)

References

• κόσμος in A Greek–English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G2889

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Noun

κόσμος • (kósmos) m (plural κόσμοι)

1. Universe, cosmos
2. world, planet Earth
3. society, people, the masses
4. a group of people (geographically, historically, socially)

   Ο ρωμαϊκός κόσμος (the Roman world or the Romans)

   Ζει σε άλλον κόσμο! (He lives in another world!)

Declension

κόσμος (kósmos)

	singular	plural
nominative	κόσμος	κόσμοι
genitive	κόσμου	κόσμων
accusative	κόσμο	κόσμους
vocative	κόσμε	κόσμοι

Related terms

• όλος ο κόσμος m (ólos o kósmos, “everybody”)
• άλλος κόσμος m (állos kósmos, “the next world”)

External links

• Κόσμος on the Greek Wikipedia.el.Wikipedia