κοσμοπολίτης

Ancient Greek

Compound of κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) +‎ πολίτης (polítēs, “citizen”). Coined by 4th-century BC Greek Cynic philosopher Diogenes of Sinope.

κοσμοπολῑ́της • (kosmopolī́tēs) m (genitive κοσμοπολῑ́του); first declension

First declension of ὁ κοσμοπολῑ́της; τοῦ κοσμοπολῑ́του (Koine, Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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 tōî kosmopolī́tēi	τοῖν κοσμοπολῑ́ταιν toîn kosmopolī́tain	τοῖς κοσμοπολῑ́ταις toîs kosmopolī́tais
Accusative	τὸν κοσμοπολῑ́την tòn kosmopolī́tēn	τὼ κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ kosmopolī́tā	τοὺς κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱς toùs kosmopolī́tās
Vocative	κοσμοπολῖτᾰ kosmopolîtă	κοσμοπολῑ́τᾱ kosmopolī́tā	κοσμοπολῖται kosmopolîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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 tōî 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
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

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