microcosmos
English
Noun
microcosmos (plural microcosmoi or microcosmoses)
- A small or microscopic cosmos; a microcosm.
- 1916, Classical Philology, volume 11, University of Chicago Press, page 222:
- So the double men of Aristophanes are microcosmoi (p. 566); as the world is divided, so are they.
Latin
Romanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French microcosme or Latin microcosmus.
Declension
Declension of microcosmos
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) microcosmos | microcosmosul | (niște) microcosmosuri | microcosmosurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) microcosmos | microcosmosului | (unor) microcosmosuri | microcosmosurilor |
vocative | microcosmosule | microcosmosurilor |
Spanish
Further reading
- “microcosmos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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