Κοσμᾶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κόσμος (kósmos, “world order, universe”) +‎ -ᾶς (-âs).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kozˈmas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kozˈmas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kozˈmas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kozˈmas/

Proper noun

Κοσμᾶς • (Kosmâs) m (genitive Κοσμᾶ); first declension

a male given name, equivalent to English Cosmas

Declension

First declension of ὁ Κοσμᾶς; τοῦ Κοσμᾶ (Koine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κοσμᾶς ho Kosmâs
Genitive	τοῦ Κοσμᾶ toû Kosmâ
Dative	τῷ Κοσμᾷ tōî Kosmāî
Accusative	τὸν Κοσμᾶν tòn Kosmân
Vocative	Κοσμᾶ Kosmâ

Descendants

Latin: Cosmās
- → English: Cosmas
- Catalan: Cosme
- French: Cosme, Côme
- Galician: Cosme, Colme, Corme
- Italian: Cosimo, Cosma
- → Polish: Kosma
- Portuguese: Cosme
- Spanish: Cosme
→ Albanian: Kozma
→ Bulgarian: Козма (Kozma)
→ Russian: Кузьма́ (Kuzʹmá), Косма (Kosma)

Further reading

Κοσμᾶς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette