microcosmus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μικρόκοσμος (mikrókosmos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /miː.kroˈkos.mus/, [miːkrɔˈkɔs̠mʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mi.kroˈkos.mus/, [mikroˈkɔzmus]

Noun

mīcrocosmus m (genitive mīcrocosmī); second declension

1. microcosm; a little world in miniature.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mīcrocosmus	mīcrocosmī
Genitive	mīcrocosmī	mīcrocosmōrum
Dative	mīcrocosmō	mīcrocosmīs
Accusative	mīcrocosmum	mīcrocosmōs
Ablative	mīcrocosmō	mīcrocosmīs
Vocative	mīcrocosme	mīcrocosmī

Descendants

• → English: microcosm
• → French: microcosme
• → Polish: mikrokosmos

References

• “microcosmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• microcosmus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.