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

microcosm; a little world in miniature.

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.