English → Latin
“cosmopolite” in Latin
mundānusworldly, mundane; cosmopolitanvideōto see, perceive; look (at); to observe, note; to understand, perceive, comprehend
The English word cosmopolite itself goes back to Latin cosmopolītēs.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cosmopolite
mundanus (Cic., Tusc., 5, 37, 108, in which passage he renders it by qui totius mundi se incolam et civem arbitratur): incola mundi. ☞ Cosmicus, a, um, as substantive, Martisalis, 7, 41; cosmicus esse tibi, Semproni Tucca, videris.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cosmopolite?
- The usual Latin words for “cosmopolite” are mundānus, videō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.