microcosmus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μικρόκοσμος (mikrókosmos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /miː.kroˈkos.mus/, [miːkrɔˈkɔs̠mʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mi.kroˈkos.mus/, [mikroˈkɔzmus]

Noun

mīcrocosmus m (genitive mīcrocosmī); second declension

microcosm; a little world in miniature.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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

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