κοσμητικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κοσμητής (kosmētḗs, “orderer, adorner”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós), or κοσμέω (kosméō) +‎ -τικός (-tikós), from κόσμος (kósmos, “order”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koz.mɛː.ti.kós/ → /koz.mi.tiˈkos/ → /koz.mi.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /koz.mɛː.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koz.me̝.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koz.mi.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koz.mi.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koz.mi.tiˈkos/

Adjective

κοσμητῐκός • (kosmētĭkós) m (feminine κοσμητῐκή, neuter κοσμητῐκόν); first/second declension

1. skilled in arranging
2. (nominalized, f) the art of dress and ornament

Declension

First and second declension of κοσμητῐκός; κοσμητῐκή; κοσμητῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κοσμητῐκός kosmētĭkós	κοσμητῐκή kosmētĭkḗ	κοσμητῐκόν kosmētĭkón		κοσμητῐκώ kosmētĭkṓ	κοσμητῐκᾱ́ kosmētĭkā́	κοσμητῐκώ kosmētĭkṓ		κοσμητῐκοί kosmētĭkoí	κοσμητῐκαί kosmētĭkaí	κοσμητῐκᾰ́ kosmētĭkắ
Genitive		κοσμητῐκοῦ kosmētĭkoû	κοσμητῐκῆς kosmētĭkês	κοσμητῐκοῦ kosmētĭkoû		κοσμητῐκοῖν kosmētĭkoîn	κοσμητῐκαῖν kosmētĭkaîn	κοσμητῐκοῖν kosmētĭkoîn		κοσμητῐκῶν kosmētĭkôn	κοσμητῐκῶν kosmētĭkôn	κοσμητῐκῶν kosmētĭkôn
Dative		κοσμητῐκῷ kosmētĭkôi	κοσμητῐκῇ kosmētĭkêi	κοσμητῐκῷ kosmētĭkôi		κοσμητῐκοῖν kosmētĭkoîn	κοσμητῐκαῖν kosmētĭkaîn	κοσμητῐκοῖν kosmētĭkoîn		κοσμητῐκοῖς kosmētĭkoîs	κοσμητῐκαῖς kosmētĭkaîs	κοσμητῐκοῖς kosmētĭkoîs
Accusative		κοσμητῐκόν kosmētĭkón	κοσμητῐκήν kosmētĭkḗn	κοσμητῐκόν kosmētĭkón		κοσμητῐκώ kosmētĭkṓ	κοσμητῐκᾱ́ kosmētĭkā́	κοσμητῐκώ kosmētĭkṓ		κοσμητῐκούς kosmētĭkoús	κοσμητῐκᾱ́ς kosmētĭkā́s	κοσμητῐκᾰ́ kosmētĭkắ
Vocative		κοσμητῐκέ kosmētĭké	κοσμητῐκή kosmētĭkḗ	κοσμητῐκόν kosmētĭkón		κοσμητῐκώ kosmētĭkṓ	κοσμητῐκᾱ́ kosmētĭkā́	κοσμητῐκώ kosmētĭkṓ		κοσμητῐκοί kosmētĭkoí	κοσμητῐκαί kosmētĭkaí	κοσμητῐκᾰ́ kosmētĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κοσμητῐκῶς kosmētĭkôs				κοσμητῐκώτερος kosmētĭkṓteros				κοσμητῐκώτᾰτος kosmētĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Greek: κοσμητικός (kosmitikós) (learned)
• →⇒ Czech: kosmetický
• →⇒ Dutch: cosmetisch
• → English: cosmetic, cosmetics
• → French: cosmétique
  • → Dutch: cosmetiek
    • → Indonesian: kosmetik, kasmutik
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قوزمتیك (kozmetik)
    • Turkish: kozmetik
  • → Persian: ماتیک (mâtik)
• → German: Kosmetik, kosmetisch
• → Hungarian: kozmetikus
• → Romanian: cosmetic
• → Russian: косме́тика (kosmétika)
• → Ukrainian: косме́тика (kosmétyka)
• → Yiddish: קאָסמעטיק (kosmetik)

Further reading

• κοσμητικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κοσμητικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “κοσμητικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κοσμητικός (kosmētikós, “skilled in ordering or arranging”), derived from κοσμητής (kosmētḗs, “orderer, adorner”), derived from κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, arrange, adorn”), derived from κόσμος (kósmos, “order”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koz.mi.tiˈkos/
• Hyphenation: κο‧σμη‧τι‧κός

Adjective

κοσμητικός • (kosmitikós) m (feminine κοσμητική, neuter κοσμητικό)

1. (grammar, of an adjective) That has the characteristics of a modifier; modifying
2. (ironic) insulting, derogatory

Declension

Declension of κοσμητικός

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	κοσμητικός (kosmitikós)	κοσμητική (kosmitikí)	κοσμητικό (kosmitikó)		κοσμητικοί (kosmitikoí)	κοσμητικές (kosmitikés)	κοσμητικά (kosmitiká)
genitive	κοσμητικού (kosmitikoú)	κοσμητικής (kosmitikís)	κοσμητικού (kosmitikoú)		κοσμητικών (kosmitikón)	κοσμητικών (kosmitikón)	κοσμητικών (kosmitikón)
accusative	κοσμητικό (kosmitikó)	κοσμητική (kosmitikí)	κοσμητικό (kosmitikó)		κοσμητικούς (kosmitikoús)	κοσμητικές (kosmitikés)	κοσμητικά (kosmitiká)
vocative	κοσμητικέ (kosmitiké)	κοσμητική (kosmitikí)	κοσμητικό (kosmitikó)		κοσμητικοί (kosmitikoí)	κοσμητικές (kosmitikés)	κοσμητικά (kosmitiká)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο κοσμητικός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο κοσμητικός, etc.)

Related terms

• see: κόσμος (kósmos)

Further reading

• κοσμητικός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language