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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">order, arrange</b>, esp. <b class="b2">set</b> an army <b class="b2">in array, marshal</b> it, <span class="bibl">Il.14.379</span>; κοσμῆσαι ἵππους τε καὶ ἀνέρας <span class="bibl">2.554</span>:—Pass., ἐπεὶ κόσμηθεν ἅμ' ἡγεμόνεσσιν ἕκαστοι <span class="bibl">3.1</span>; <b class="b3">πένταχα κοσμηθέντες</b> <b class="b2">marshalled</b> in five bodies, <span class="bibl">12.87</span>; of a population, διὰ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες <span class="bibl">2.655</span>; once in Od., of hunters, διὰ δὲ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες <span class="bibl">9.157</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">κοσμησάμενος πολιήτας</b> <b class="b2">having arranged his</b> men, <span class="bibl">Il.2.806</span>; so after Homer, <b class="b3">κ. στρατόν</b> (v.l. for [[κοιμήσων]]) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>662</span>; τάξεις κεκοσμημέναι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.1.26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>247a</span>; ἐπὶ τάξις πλεῦνας ἐκεκοσμέατο <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> generally, <b class="b2">arrange, prepare</b>, δόρπον ἐκόσμει <span class="bibl">Od. 7.13</span>; κ. ἀοιδήν η <span class="title">Bacch.</span>59; ἔργα <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>306</span>; στέφανον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>74</span>; τράπεζαν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.2.6</span>; εἰς τάφον λέβητα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1401</span>:—Pass., δεῖπνον κεκόσμηται <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>1.22</span>; <b class="b3">δεῖ οὕτω κοσμηθῆναι ὅκως</b> . . <span class="bibl">Democr.266</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ κοσμηθὲν αἷμα</b>, = [[τὸνοἰκεῖον κόσμον κτησάμενον]], Gal.5.551. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">order, rule</b>, τὴν πόλιν κ. καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.59</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1103</span>; Σπάρτην ἔλαχες, κείνην κόσμει <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>723</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">κ. ἐμαυτόν</b> <b class="b2">restrain</b> myself, Id.<span class="title">Hyps.Fr.</span>34(60).46; τὰ ἄλλα ἐκεκοσμέατό οἱ <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.100</span>; τόν γε νοῦν κοσμοῦντα πάντα κοσμεῖν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>97</span> c:—Pass., <b class="b3">τὰ κοσμούμενα</b> <b class="b2">orderly institutions</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>677</span>: pf.part., of persons, <b class="b2">orderly</b>, ταπεινὸς καὶ κεκοσμημένος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>716a</span>; τεταγμένον τε καὶ κ. πρᾶγμα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Grg.</span> 504</span> a. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in Crete, <b class="b2">hold office of</b> κόσμος <span class="bibl">111</span>, οἱ κεκοσμηκότες <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span>1272a35</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.22.15.1</span>; Cret. κοσμίω <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>1.51, etc.; also <b class="b3">κορμίω</b> (q.v.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">adorn, equip, dress</b>, esp. of women, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span> 6.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>72</span>; κοσμῆσαί τινα πανοπλίῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.180</span>; τριπόδεσσι κ. δόμον <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.19</span>; τινὰ πλούτῳ ὑπερβάλλοντι <span class="bibl">Hdn.3.10.6</span>: c. dupl. acc., πρίν σε νυμφικὸν ἰστέφανον κοσμήσαμεν <span class="title">JRS</span>17.51 (Phrygia, iv A. D.):—freq. in Med., <b class="b3">κοσμέεσθαι τὰς κεφαλάς</b> <b class="b2">to adorn their</b> heads, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.209</span>; κοσμεῖσθαι σῶμα ὅπλοις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1359</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν φοινικίσι κοσμησάμενοι</b> <b class="b2">having decked themselves</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.208</span>:—Pass., χρυσῷ κοσμηθεῖσα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ven.</span>65</span>; παῖσα δ' Ἄρῃ κεκόσμηται στέγα <span class="bibl">Alc.15.1</span>; ἵπποι κεκοσμημένοι ὡς κάλλιστα <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.40</span>; κεκ. ἐσθῆτι ποικίλῃ καὶ χρυσοῖσι στεφάνοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ion</span>535</span> d, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1064</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.41</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">adorn, embellish</b>, λόγους <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>576</span>; λόγους ῥήμασί τε καὶ ὀνόμασι κεκοσμημένους <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>17</span> c; τραγικὸν λῆρον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1005</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἔργον ἄριστον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1027</span>; τὸ λογικὸν ἔχεις ἐξαίρετον, τοῦτο κόσμει <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>3.1.26</span>; λόγον εὐρυθμίαις <span class="bibl">Isoc.5.27</span>; αὑτὸν λόγοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">La.</span>196</span> b, cf. <span class="bibl">197</span> c; ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον κ. <span class="bibl">Th.1.21</span>; <b class="b3">τὸν . . τὴν ἐκείνων ἀρετὴν κοσμήσοντα</b> (in speaking) <span class="bibl">D.18.287</span>:—Pass., ἦθος σεμνότητι -μημένον <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Acad.Ind.</span> p.52</span> M. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">honour</b>, <b class="b3">λουτροῖς σ' ἐκόσμης</b>' <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1139</span>; κ. τάφον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 396</span>; νέκυν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1147</span>; κ. καὶ τιμᾶν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.3</span>; of persons, <b class="b2">adorn, be an honour to</b>, πατρίδα <span class="bibl">Thgn.947</span>; νᾶσον εὐκλέα <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>6.46</span>; Σαλαμῖνα κ. πατρίδα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>530.3</span>; [τὴν πόλιν] αἱ τῶνδε ἀρεταὶ ἐκόσμησαν <span class="bibl">Th.2.42</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">bury</b>, <span class="title">JHS</span>25.172, al. (Isauria). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Pass., <b class="b2">to be assigned, ascribed to</b>, ἐς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον νομὸν αὗται [αἱ πόλεις] ἐκεκοσμέατο <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.91</span>; ἐς Πέρσας κεκοσμέαται <span class="bibl">Id.6.41</span>; esp. of philosophic schools, κατὰ τὴν Ἀκαδημίαν κοσμεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">P.</span>1.231</span>; οἱ κατὰ διαφόρους αἱρέσεις κοσμούμενοι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">M.</span>11.77</span>.</span>