κόσμιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κόσμος (kósmos) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

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

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 kósmĭos	κοσμῐ́ᾱ kosmĭ́ā	κόσμῐον kósmĭon	κοσμῐ́ω kosmĭ́ō	κοσμῐ́ᾱ kosmĭ́ā	κοσμῐ́ω kosmĭ́ō	κόσμῐοι kósmĭoi	κόσμῐαι kósmĭai	κόσμῐᾰ kósmĭă
Genitive	κοσμῐ́ου kosmĭ́ou	κοσμῐ́ᾱς kosmĭ́ās	κοσμῐ́ου kosmĭ́ou	κοσμῐ́οιν kosmĭ́oin	κοσμῐ́αιν kosmĭ́ain	κοσμῐ́οιν kosmĭ́oin	κοσμῐ́ων kosmĭ́ōn	κοσμῐ́ων kosmĭ́ōn	κοσμῐ́ων kosmĭ́ōn
Dative	κοσμῐ́ῳ kosmĭ́ōi	κοσμῐ́ᾳ kosmĭ́āi	κοσμῐ́ῳ kosmĭ́ōi	κοσμῐ́οιν kosmĭ́oin	κοσμῐ́αιν kosmĭ́ain	κοσμῐ́οιν kosmĭ́oin	κοσμῐ́οις kosmĭ́ois	κοσμῐ́αις kosmĭ́ais	κοσμῐ́οις kosmĭ́ois
Accusative	κόσμῐον kósmĭon	κοσμῐ́ᾱν kosmĭ́ān	κόσμῐον kósmĭon	κοσμῐ́ω kosmĭ́ō	κοσμῐ́ᾱ kosmĭ́ā	κοσμῐ́ω kosmĭ́ō	κοσμῐ́ους kosmĭ́ous	κοσμῐ́ᾱς kosmĭ́ās	κόσμῐᾰ kósmĭă
Vocative	κόσμῐε kósmĭe	κοσμῐ́ᾱ kosmĭ́ā	κόσμῐον kósmĭon	κοσμῐ́ω kosmĭ́ō	κοσμῐ́ᾱ kosmĭ́ā	κοσμῐ́ω kosmĭ́ō	κόσμῐοι kósmĭoi	κόσμῐαι kósmĭai	κόσμῐᾰ kósmĭă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	κοσμῐ́ως kosmĭ́ōs			κοσμῐώτερος kosmĭṓteros			κοσμῐώτᾰτος kosmĭṓtătos
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 kósmĭos	κόσμῐον kósmĭon	κοσμῐ́ω kosmĭ́ō	κοσμῐ́ω kosmĭ́ō	κόσμῐοι kósmĭoi	κόσμῐᾰ kósmĭă
Genitive	κοσμῐ́ου kosmĭ́ou	κοσμῐ́ου kosmĭ́ou	κοσμῐ́οιν kosmĭ́oin	κοσμῐ́οιν kosmĭ́oin	κοσμῐ́ων kosmĭ́ōn	κοσμῐ́ων kosmĭ́ōn
Dative	κοσμῐ́ῳ kosmĭ́ōi	κοσμῐ́ῳ kosmĭ́ōi	κοσμῐ́οιν kosmĭ́oin	κοσμῐ́οιν kosmĭ́oin	κοσμῐ́οις kosmĭ́ois	κοσμῐ́οις kosmĭ́ois
Accusative	κόσμῐον kósmĭon	κόσμῐον kósmĭon	κοσμῐ́ω kosmĭ́ō	κοσμῐ́ω kosmĭ́ō	κοσμῐ́ους kosmĭ́ous	κόσμῐᾰ kósmĭă
Vocative	κόσμῐε kósmĭe	κόσμῐον kósmĭon	κοσμῐ́ω kosmĭ́ō	κοσμῐ́ω kosmĭ́ō	κόσμῐοι kósmĭoi	κόσμῐᾰ kósmĭă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	κοσμῐ́ως kosmĭ́ōs		κοσμῐώτερος kosmĭṓteros		κοσμῐώτᾰτος kosmĭṓtătos
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)

decent; seemly; proper

Declension

Declension of κόσμιος
	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