κόστος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κόστον (kóston)

Etymology

From Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κόστος • (kóstos) m (genitive κόστου); second declension

  1. costus (Saussurea costus), used as a spice

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ κόστος; τοῦ κόστου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κόστος
ho kóstos		 τὼ κόστω
tṑ kóstō		 οἱ κόστοι
hoi kóstoi
Genitive τοῦ κόστου
toû kóstou		 τοῖν κόστοιν
toîn kóstoin		 τῶν κόστων
tôn kóstōn
Dative τῷ κόστῳ
tôi kóstōi		 τοῖν κόστοιν
toîn kóstoin		 τοῖς κόστοις
toîs kóstois
Accusative τὸν κόστον
tòn kóston		 τὼ κόστω
tṑ kóstō		 τοὺς κόστους
toùs kóstous
Vocative κόστε
kóste		 κόστω
kóstō		 κόστοι
kóstoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • κοστόϊνος (kostóïnos)

Descendants
  • → Latin: costus

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Italian costo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈko.stos/

Noun

κόστος • (kóstos) n (plural κόστη)

  1. (finance) cost
  2. money or effort expended in achieving something
  3. (finance) cost price
  4. rate
  5. consequences

Declension
declension of κόστος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative κόστος • κόστη •
genitive κόστους • κοστών •
accusative κόστος • κόστη •
vocative κόστος • κόστη •

See also
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