microcosmus
See also: Microcosmus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μικρόκοσμος (mikrókosmos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [miː.krɔˈkɔs.mʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mi.kroˈkɔz.mus]
Noun
mīcrocosmus m (genitive mīcrocosmī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mīcrocosmus | mīcrocosmī |
| genitive | mīcrocosmī | mīcrocosmōrum |
| dative | mīcrocosmō | mīcrocosmīs |
| accusative | mīcrocosmum | mīcrocosmōs |
| ablative | mīcrocosmō | mīcrocosmīs |
| vocative | mīcrocosme | mīcrocosmī |
Descendants
- → English: microcosm
- → French: microcosme
- → Polish: mikrokosmos
References
- “microcosmus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- microcosmus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.