κοσμητικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κοσμητής (kosmētḗs, “orderer, adorner”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós), or κοσμέω (kosméō) +‎ -τικός (-tikós), from κόσμος (kósmos, “order”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koz.mɛː.ti.kós/ → /koz.mi.tiˈkos/ → /koz.mi.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /koz.mɛː.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /koz.me̝.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /koz.mi.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /koz.mi.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /koz.mi.tiˈkos/

Adjective

κοσμητῐκός • (kosmētikós) m (feminine κοσμητῐκή, neuter κοσμητῐκόν); first/second declension

1. skilled in arranging
2. (nominalized, f) the art of dress and ornament

Declension

First and second declension of κοσμητῐκός; κοσμητῐκή; κοσμητῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κοσμητῐκός kosmētikós	κοσμητῐκή kosmētikḗ	κοσμητῐκόν kosmētikón		κοσμητῐκώ kosmētikṓ	κοσμητῐκᾱ́ kosmētikā́	κοσμητῐκώ kosmētikṓ		κοσμητῐκοί kosmētikoí	κοσμητῐκαί kosmētikaí	κοσμητῐκᾰ́ kosmētiká
Genitive		κοσμητῐκοῦ kosmētikoû	κοσμητῐκῆς kosmētikês	κοσμητῐκοῦ kosmētikoû		κοσμητῐκοῖν kosmētikoîn	κοσμητῐκαῖν kosmētikaîn	κοσμητῐκοῖν kosmētikoîn		κοσμητῐκῶν kosmētikôn	κοσμητῐκῶν kosmētikôn	κοσμητῐκῶν kosmētikôn
Dative		κοσμητῐκῷ kosmētikôi	κοσμητῐκῇ kosmētikêi	κοσμητῐκῷ kosmētikôi		κοσμητῐκοῖν kosmētikoîn	κοσμητῐκαῖν kosmētikaîn	κοσμητῐκοῖν kosmētikoîn		κοσμητῐκοῖς kosmētikoîs	κοσμητῐκαῖς kosmētikaîs	κοσμητῐκοῖς kosmētikoîs
Accusative		κοσμητῐκόν kosmētikón	κοσμητῐκήν kosmētikḗn	κοσμητῐκόν kosmētikón		κοσμητῐκώ kosmētikṓ	κοσμητῐκᾱ́ kosmētikā́	κοσμητῐκώ kosmētikṓ		κοσμητῐκούς kosmētikoús	κοσμητῐκᾱ́ς kosmētikā́s	κοσμητῐκᾰ́ kosmētiká
Vocative		κοσμητῐκέ kosmētiké	κοσμητῐκή kosmētikḗ	κοσμητῐκόν kosmētikón		κοσμητῐκώ kosmētikṓ	κοσμητῐκᾱ́ kosmētikā́	κοσμητῐκώ kosmētikṓ		κοσμητῐκοί kosmētikoí	κοσμητῐκαί kosmētikaí	κοσμητῐκᾰ́ kosmētiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κοσμητῐκῶς kosmētikôs				κοσμητῐκώτερος kosmētikṓteros				κοσμητῐκώτᾰτος kosmētikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Greek: κοσμητικός (kosmitikós) (learned)
• →⇒ Czech: kosmetický
• →⇒ Dutch: cosmetisch
• → English: cosmetic, cosmetics
• → French: cosmétique
  • → Dutch: cosmetiek
    • → Indonesian: kosmetik, kasmutik
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قوزمتیك (kozmetik)
    • Turkish: kozmetik
• → German: Kosmetik, kosmetisch
• → Hungarian: kozmetikus
• → Romanian: cosmetic
• → Russian: косме́тика (kosmétika)
• → Ukrainian: косме́тика (kosmétyka)
• → Yiddish: קאָסמעטיק (kosmetik)

Further reading

• κοσμητικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κοσμητικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “κοσμητικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κοσμητικός (kosmētikós, “skilled in ordering or arranging”), derived from κοσμητής (kosmētḗs, “orderer, adorner”), derived from κοσμέω (kosméō, “to order, arrange, adorn”), derived from κόσμος (kósmos, “order”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koz.mi.tiˈkos/
• Hyphenation: κο‧σμη‧τι‧κός

Adjective

κοσμητικός • (kosmitikós) m (feminine κοσμητική, neuter κοσμητικό)

1. (grammar, of an adjective) That has the characteristics of a modifier; modifying
2. (ironic) insulting, derogatory

Declension

Declension of κοσμητικός

number  case \ gender	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	κοσμητικός •	κοσμητική •	κοσμητικό •	κοσμητικοί •	κοσμητικές •	κοσμητικά •
genitive	κοσμητικού •	κοσμητικής •	κοσμητικού •	κοσμητικών •	κοσμητικών •	κοσμητικών •
accusative	κοσμητικό •	κοσμητική •	κοσμητικό •	κοσμητικούς •	κοσμητικές •	κοσμητικά •
vocative	κοσμητικέ •	κοσμητική •	κοσμητικό •	κοσμητικοί •	κοσμητικές •	κοσμητικά •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο κοσμητικός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο κοσμητικός, etc.)

Related terms

• see: κόσμος (kósmos)

Further reading

• κοσμητικός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language