ἐκκόσμησις
κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)
English (LSJ)
-εως, ἡ, decoration, v.l. for κόσμησις, Dsc.5.94.
German (Pape)
[Seite 764] ἡ, Ausschmückung, Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐκκόσμησις: -εως, ἡ, κόσμησις, στολισμός, Διοσκ. 5. 109.
Translations
decoration
Bulgarian: украсяване; Catalan: decoració; Chinese Mandarin: 裝飾／装饰; Czech: výzdoba, ozdoba; Danish: dekoration, udsmykning; Dutch: versieren, decoratie; Finnish: koristelu; French: décoration; German: Dekorieren, Verschönern; Greek: διακόσμηση; Ancient Greek: διακόσμασις, διακόσμησις, κόσμησις, ἐγκαλλώπισμα, ἐκκόσμησις; Hindi: अलंकार; Hungarian: díszítés, ékítés, dekoráció; Irish: oirnéaladh, maisiú; Italian: decorazione; Japanese: 装飾; Macedonian: красење, украсување; Malayalam: അലങ്കാരം; Norwegian Bokmål: dekorasjon, utsmykking; Nynorsk: dekorasjon, utsmykking; Occitan: decoracion; Polish: dekoracja, ozdoba; Portuguese: decoração; Romanian: decorare, împodobire, înfrumusețare; Russian: украшение; Spanish: decoración; Swedish: dekoration, dekorering; Turkish: dekorasyon, süsleme
