cosmocrator

See also: cosmocratôr

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek κοσμοκράτωρ (kosmokrátōr, “cosmocrator”), from κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”) +‎ κράτωρ (krátōr, “ruler”).

Noun

cosmocrator (plural cosmocrators)

1. (chiefly Christianity) A ruler of the entire world or cosmos.

   Synonym: cosmocrat

   • 1967, Gustav Davidson, Dictionary of Angels, The Free Press, →ISBN, page 89:

     Cosmocrator — in Valentinian gnosticism, Cosmocrator is ruler of the material cosmos in the guise of Diabolos (the devil). His consort is Barbelo and together "they sing praises to the Powers of the Light," which would indicate that Cosmocrator is not wholly evil.

   • 1972, Israel Oriental Studies, volume 2, Faculty of Humanities, Tel Aviv University., page 171:

     In the same vein, according to the Jewish lists of ten cosmocrators the tenth and last king will be God himself.

   • 2004, Jack T. Sanders, The New Testament Christological Hymns, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 68:

     It is the confluence of Old Testament and Hellenistic terminology that makes him more than a mere cultic hero or lord; he is cosmocrator, lord of the cosmos, for the powers in v. 10 are cosmic powers.

   • 2015, Revd Allen Brent, The Imperial Cult and the Development of Church Order, Brill, →ISBN, page 293:

     Pursuing the same project with the same ontological purpose, Proclus will later admit the seven cosmocrators as the seven planets into his Neoplatonist scheme. "The planets are called 'cosmocrators'" but they are no longer rebellious aeons fragmenting the pleroma through their ignorance.

   • 2020, Ferdinand Christian Baur, Christian Gnosis, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN:

     In addition to the Demiurge, they also speak of a Cosmocrator (ruler of the world) and of evil spirits.

French

Alternative forms

• cosmocratôr

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cosmocrator, itself from Ancient Greek κοσμοκράτωρ (kosmokrátōr).

Noun

cosmocrator m (plural cosmocrators)

1. cosmocrator

Further reading

• “cosmocrator”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοσμοκράτωρ (kosmokrátōr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kosˈmo.kra.toːr/, [kɔs̠ˈmɔkrät̪oːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kosˈmo.kra.tor/, [kozˈmɔːkrät̪or]

Noun

cosmocratōr m (genitive cosmocratōris); third declension

1. cosmocrator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cosmocratōr	cosmocratōrēs
Genitive	cosmocratōris	cosmocratōrum
Dative	cosmocratōrī	cosmocratōribus
Accusative	cosmocratōrem	cosmocratōrēs
Ablative	cosmocratōre	cosmocratōribus
Vocative	cosmocratōr	cosmocratōrēs

Descendants

• English: cosmocrator
• French: cosmocrator

References

• cosmocrator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.