μετακοσμέω
From LSJ
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
A rearrange: hence, modify, Epicur.Nat.67,102 G.:— more freq. in Pass., Hp.Fract.2, Meliss.7; πρὸς τὸ βέλτιον Gal.UP 15.1; to be changed in aspect, μετακοσμεῖται πρὸς τὸ φῶς ἡ πτέρωσις Luc.Dom.11. II metaph., μ. τινὰς ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον J.AJ1.8.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 148] umordnen, anders ordnen, Arist. de Xenoph. 1, 4; μετακοσμήσας καὶ νεωτερίσας τὰ περὶ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, Luc. Prom. 12; a. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μετακοσμέω: ἐκ νέου διευθετῶ μεταβάλλω διακόσμησίν τινα ἢ τάξιν, Ἱππ. περὶ Ἀγμ. 751· - Παθ., Ἀριστ. περὶ Ξενοφάν. 1. 4.
