κοσμητικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κόσμησις (kósmēsis, “an adorning”) + -κός (-kós), from κοσμέω (kosméō, “I adorn”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /koz.mɛː.ti.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /koz.me̝.tiˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /koz.mi.tiˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /koz.mi.tiˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /koz.mi.tiˈkos/
Adjective
κοσμητῐκός • (kosmētĭkós) m (feminine κοσμητῐκή, neuter κοσμητῐκόν); first/second declension
Declension
| 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 kosmētĭkōî |
κοσμητῐκῇ kosmētĭkēî |
κοσμητῐκῷ kosmētĭkōî |
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 | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Descendants
- → Greek: κοσμητικός (kosmitikós) (learned)
- →⇒ Czech: kosmetický
- →⇒ Dutch: cosmetisch
- → English: cosmetic, cosmetics
- → French: cosmétique
- → 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)
- (grammar, of an adjective) That has the characteristics of a modifier; modifying
- (ironic) insulting, derogatory
Declension
| 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