κόσμιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κόσμος (kósmos) +‎ -ιος (-ios)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kóz.mi.os/ → /ˈkoz.mi.os/ → /ˈkoz.mi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kóz.mi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkoz.mi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkoz.mi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkoz.mi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkoz.mi.os/

Adjective

κόσμῐος • (kósmios) m (feminine κοσμίᾱ, neuter κόσμῐον); first/second declension or
κόσμῐος • (kósmios) m or f (neuter κόσμῐον); second declension

1. ordered; moderate; regular; decent

Inflection

First and second declension of κόσμῐος; κοσμῐ́ᾱ; κόσμῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κόσμῐος kósmios	κοσμῐ́ᾱ kosmíā	κόσμῐον kósmion		κοσμῐ́ω kosmíō	κοσμῐ́ᾱ kosmíā	κοσμῐ́ω kosmíō		κόσμῐοι kósmioi	κόσμῐαι kósmiai	κόσμῐᾰ kósmia
Genitive		κοσμῐ́ου kosmíou	κοσμῐ́ᾱς kosmíās	κοσμῐ́ου kosmíou		κοσμῐ́οιν kosmíoin	κοσμῐ́αιν kosmíain	κοσμῐ́οιν kosmíoin		κοσμῐ́ων kosmíōn	κοσμῐ́ων kosmíōn	κοσμῐ́ων kosmíōn
Dative		κοσμῐ́ῳ kosmíōi	κοσμῐ́ᾳ kosmíāi	κοσμῐ́ῳ kosmíōi		κοσμῐ́οιν kosmíoin	κοσμῐ́αιν kosmíain	κοσμῐ́οιν kosmíoin		κοσμῐ́οις kosmíois	κοσμῐ́αις kosmíais	κοσμῐ́οις kosmíois
Accusative		κόσμῐον kósmion	κοσμῐ́ᾱν kosmíān	κόσμῐον kósmion		κοσμῐ́ω kosmíō	κοσμῐ́ᾱ kosmíā	κοσμῐ́ω kosmíō		κοσμῐ́ους kosmíous	κοσμῐ́ᾱς kosmíās	κόσμῐᾰ kósmia
Vocative		κόσμῐε kósmie	κοσμῐ́ᾱ kosmíā	κόσμῐον kósmion		κοσμῐ́ω kosmíō	κοσμῐ́ᾱ kosmíā	κοσμῐ́ω kosmíō		κόσμῐοι kósmioi	κόσμῐαι kósmiai	κόσμῐᾰ kósmia
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κοσμῐ́ως kosmíōs				κοσμῐώτερος kosmiṓteros				κοσμῐώτᾰτος kosmiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of κόσμῐος; κόσμῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κόσμῐος kósmios	κόσμῐον kósmion		κοσμῐ́ω kosmíō	κοσμῐ́ω kosmíō		κόσμῐοι kósmioi	κόσμῐᾰ kósmia
Genitive		κοσμῐ́ου kosmíou	κοσμῐ́ου kosmíou		κοσμῐ́οιν kosmíoin	κοσμῐ́οιν kosmíoin		κοσμῐ́ων kosmíōn	κοσμῐ́ων kosmíōn
Dative		κοσμῐ́ῳ kosmíōi	κοσμῐ́ῳ kosmíōi		κοσμῐ́οιν kosmíoin	κοσμῐ́οιν kosmíoin		κοσμῐ́οις kosmíois	κοσμῐ́οις kosmíois
Accusative		κόσμῐον kósmion	κόσμῐον kósmion		κοσμῐ́ω kosmíō	κοσμῐ́ω kosmíō		κοσμῐ́ους kosmíous	κόσμῐᾰ kósmia
Vocative		κόσμῐε kósmie	κόσμῐον kósmion		κοσμῐ́ω kosmíō	κοσμῐ́ω kosmíō		κόσμῐοι kósmioi	κόσμῐᾰ kósmia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		κοσμῐ́ως kosmíōs			κοσμῐώτερος kosmiṓteros			κοσμῐώτᾰτος kosmiṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κοσμιότης (kosmiótēs)

References

• “κόσμιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κόσμιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Franco Montanari et al. (2015) Madeleine Goh and Chad Schroeder, editors, The Brill Dictionary of Ancient Greek, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 1165
• κόσμιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • circumspect idem, page 132.
  • decent idem, page 200.
  • decorous idem, page 202.
  • modest idem, page 538.
  • neat idem, page 553.
  • orderly idem, page 579.
  • polite idem, page 625.
  • prim idem, page 640.
  • proper idem, page 653.
  • regular idem, page 687.
  • respectable idem, page 703.
  • respectful idem, page 703.
  • seemly idem, page 749.
  • spruce idem, page 806.
  • staid idem, page 809.
  • steady idem, page 814.
  • systematic idem, page 851.
  • tidy idem, page 874.
  • trim idem, page 895.
  • uniform idem, page 921.
  • well-behaved idem, page 974.

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόσμιος (kósmios).

Adjective

κόσμιος • (kósmios) m (feminine κόσμια, neuter κόσμιο)

1. decent; seemly; proper

Declension

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	κόσμιος (kósmios)	κόσμια (kósmia)	κόσμιο (kósmio)		κόσμιοι (kósmioi)	κόσμιες (kósmies)	κόσμια (kósmia)
genitive	κόσμιου (kósmiou)	κόσμιας (kósmias)	κόσμιου (kósmiou)		κόσμιων (kósmion)	κόσμιων (kósmion)	κόσμιων (kósmion)
accusative	κόσμιο (kósmio)	κόσμια (kósmia)	κόσμιο (kósmio)		κόσμιους (kósmious)	κόσμιες (kósmies)	κόσμια (kósmia)
vocative	κόσμιε (kósmie)	κόσμια (kósmia)	κόσμιο (kósmio)		κόσμιοι (kósmioi)	κόσμιες (kósmies)	κόσμια (kósmia)

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

References

• κόσμιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• Stavropoulos, D N (2008) G N Stavropoulos, editor, Oxford Greek-English Learner's Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press