cosmographia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοσμογραφία (kosmographía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔs.moː.ɡraˈpʰiː.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [koz.mo.ɡraˈfiː.a]

Noun

cosmōgraphīa f (genitive cosmōgraphīae); first declension

1. A description of the universe, a cosmography.

   Clavdii Ptholemei Alexandrini Philosophi Cosmographia.

   The Cosmography of Claudius Ptolemy the Philosopher of Alexandria.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cosmōgraphīa	cosmōgraphīae
genitive	cosmōgraphīae	cosmōgraphīārum
dative	cosmōgraphīae	cosmōgraphīīs
accusative	cosmōgraphīam	cosmōgraphīās
ablative	cosmōgraphīā	cosmōgraphīīs
vocative	cosmōgraphīa	cosmōgraphīae

Related terms

• cosmographus

References

• “cosmographia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cosmographia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.