κοσμοπολίτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κοσμοπολιήτης (kosmopoliḗtēs) — Ionic
• κοσμοπολίτᾱς (kosmopolítās) — Epic, Doric, Aeolic

Etymology

From κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) +‎ πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koz.mo.po.lǐː.tɛːs/ → /koz.mo.poˈli.tis/ → /koz.mo.poˈli.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /koz.mo.po.lǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koz.mo.poˈli.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koz.mo.poˈli.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koz.mo.poˈli.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koz.mo.poˈli.tis/

Noun

κοσμοπολῑ́της • (kosmopolī́tēs) m (genitive κοσμοπολῑ́του); first declension

1. citizen of the world

Declension

First declension of ὁ κοσμοπολῑ́της; τοῦ κοσμοπολῑ́του (Koine, Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κοσμοπολῑ́της ho kosmopolī́tēs	τὼ κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ kosmopolī́tā	οἱ κοσμοπολῖται hoi kosmopolîtai
Genitive	τοῦ κοσμοπολῑ́του toû kosmopolī́tou	τοῖν κοσμοπολῑ́ταιν toîn kosmopolī́tain	τῶν κοσμοπολῑτῶν tôn kosmopolītôn
Dative	τῷ κοσμοπολῑ́τῃ tôi kosmopolī́tēi	τοῖν κοσμοπολῑ́ταιν toîn kosmopolī́tain	τοῖς κοσμοπολῑ́ταις toîs kosmopolī́tais
Accusative	τὸν κοσμοπολῑ́την tòn kosmopolī́tēn	τὼ κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ kosmopolī́tā	τοὺς κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱς toùs kosmopolī́tās
Vocative	κοσμοπολῖτᾰ kosmopolîta	κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱ kosmopolī́tā	κοσμοπολῖται kosmopolîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ὁ κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱς; τοῦ κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱ (Aeolic, Epic, Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱς ho kosmopolī́tās	τὼ κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ kosmopolī́tā	τοὶ κοσμοπολῖται toì kosmopolîtai
Genitive	τοῦ κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱ toû kosmopolī́tā	τοῖν κοσμοπολῑ́ταιν toîn kosmopolī́tain	τῶν κοσμοπολῑτᾶν tôn kosmopolītân
Dative	τῷ κοσμοπολῑ́τᾳ tôi kosmopolī́tāi	τοῖν κοσμοπολῑ́ταιν toîn kosmopolī́tain	τοῖς κοσμοπολῑ́ταις toîs kosmopolī́tais
Accusative	τὸν κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱν tòn kosmopolī́tān	τὼ κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ kosmopolī́tā	τοὺς κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱς toùs kosmopolī́tās
Vocative	κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱ kosmopolī́tā	κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱ kosmopolī́tā	κοσμοπολῖται kosmopolîtai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• → Greek: κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítis) (learned)
• → English: cosmopolite
• → Belarusian: касмапаліт (kasmapalit)
• → Bulgarian: космополи́т (kosmopolít)
• → Catalan: cosmopolita
• → Dutch: kosmopoliet
• → Estonian: kosmopoliit
• → Esperanto: kosmopolito
• → Finnish: kosmopoliitti
• → French: cosmopolite
• → Galician: cosmopolita
• → German: Kosmopolit
• → Hebrew: קוֹסְמוֹפּוֹלִיטִי (kosmopolītī)
• → Hungarian: kozmopolita
• → Italian: cosmopolita
• → Latin: cosmopolītēs
• → Ladino: קוסמופוליטו (kosmopolito)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kosmopolitt
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: kosmopolitt
• → Old Armenian: աշխարհաքաղաքացի (ašxarhakʻałakʻacʻi) (calque)
• → Polish: kosmopolita
• → Portuguese: cosmopolita
• → Romanian: cosmopolit
• → Russian: космополи́т (kosmopolít) (see there for further descendants)
• → Sardinian: cosmopolita
• → Sicilian: cosmopolita
• → Spanish: cosmopolita
• → Swedish: kosmopolit
• → Ukrainian: космополіт (kosmopolit)

See also

• “κοσμοπολίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κοσμοπολίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.zmo.poˈli.tis/
• Hyphenation: κο‧σμο‧πο‧λί‧της

Noun

κοσμοπολίτης • (kosmopolítis) m (plural κοσμοπολίτες, feminine κοσμοπολίτισσα)

1. a cosmopolite; one who has traveled to many countries or is familiar with many cultures
2. (dated) a cosmopolitan (literally “world citizen”) who rejects loyalty to any particular nation; an internationalist or antinationalist

Declension

Declension of κοσμοπολίτης

	singular	plural
nominative	κοσμοπολίτης •	κοσμοπολίτες •
genitive	κοσμοπολίτη •	κοσμοπολιτών •
accusative	κοσμοπολίτη •	κοσμοπολίτες •
vocative	κοσμοπολίτη •	κοσμοπολίτες •

Related terms

• κοσμοπολιτισμός (kosmopolitismós)