κοσμοπολίτης
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κοσμοπολιήτης (kosmopoliḗtēs) — Ionic
- κοσμοπολίτᾱς (kosmopolítās) — Epic, Doric, Aeolic
Etymology
From κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /koz.mo.po.lǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /koz.mo.poˈli.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /koz.mo.poˈli.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /koz.mo.poˈli.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /koz.mo.poˈli.tis/
Noun
κοσμοπολῑ́της • (kosmopolī́tēs) m (genitive κοσμοπολῑ́του); first declension
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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
Noun
κοσμοπολίτης • (kosmopolítis) m (plural κοσμοπολίτες, feminine κοσμοπολίτισσα)
- a cosmopolite; one who has traveled to many countries or is familiar with many cultures
- (dated) a cosmopolitan (literally “world citizen”) who rejects loyalty to any particular nation; an internationalist or antinationalist
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | κοσμοπολίτης (kosmopolítis) | κοσμοπολίτες (kosmopolítes) |
genitive | κοσμοπολίτη (kosmopolíti) | κοσμοπολιτών (kosmopolitón) |
accusative | κοσμοπολίτη (kosmopolíti) | κοσμοπολίτες (kosmopolítes) |
vocative | κοσμοπολίτη (kosmopolíti) | κοσμοπολίτες (kosmopolítes) |
Related terms
- κοσμοπολιτισμός (kosmopolitismós)
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