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κοσμέω

ε-contract Verb;

Transliteration:

Principal Part:

Structure: κοσμέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: kosmo/s

Sense

to order, arrange, to set, in array, marshal, having arranged his
to arrange, prepare
to dispose, order, rule, govern, orderly institutions, set order
to be Cosmos, rule as such
to deck, adorn, equip, furnish, dress, to adorn their
to adorn, embellish
to honour, pay honour to
to be assigned or ascribed to

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	κοσμῶ	κοσμεῖς	κοσμεῖ
Dual		κοσμεῖτον	κοσμεῖτον
Plural	κοσμοῦμεν	κοσμεῖτε	κοσμοῦσιν*
Subjunctive	Singular	κοσμῶ	κοσμῇς	κοσμῇ
Dual		κοσμῆτον	κοσμῆτον
Plural	κοσμῶμεν	κοσμῆτε	κοσμῶσιν*
Optative	Singular	κοσμοῖμι	κοσμοῖς	κοσμοῖ
Dual		κοσμοῖτον	κοσμοίτην
Plural	κοσμοῖμεν	κοσμοῖτε	κοσμοῖεν
Imperative	Singular		κόσμει	κοσμείτω
Dual		κοσμεῖτον	κοσμείτων
Plural		κοσμεῖτε	κοσμούντων, κοσμείτωσαν
Infinitive	κοσμεῖν
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
κοσμων κοσμουντος	κοσμουσα κοσμουσης	κοσμουν κοσμουντος
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	κοσμοῦμαι	κοσμεῖ, κοσμῇ	κοσμεῖται
Dual		κοσμεῖσθον	κοσμεῖσθον
Plural	κοσμούμεθα	κοσμεῖσθε	κοσμοῦνται
Subjunctive	Singular	κοσμῶμαι	κοσμῇ	κοσμῆται
Dual		κοσμῆσθον	κοσμῆσθον
Plural	κοσμώμεθα	κοσμῆσθε	κοσμῶνται
Optative	Singular	κοσμοίμην	κοσμοῖο	κοσμοῖτο
Dual		κοσμοῖσθον	κοσμοίσθην
Plural	κοσμοίμεθα	κοσμοῖσθε	κοσμοῖντο
Imperative	Singular		κοσμοῦ	κοσμείσθω
Dual		κοσμεῖσθον	κοσμείσθων
Plural		κοσμεῖσθε	κοσμείσθων, κοσμείσθωσαν
Infinitive	κοσμεῖσθαι
Participle	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
κοσμουμενος κοσμουμενου	κοσμουμενη κοσμουμενης	κοσμουμενον κοσμουμενου

Active

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

κοσμούντων, κοσμείτωσαν

Infinitive

κοσμεῖν

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

κοσμων κοσμουντος

κοσμουσα κοσμουσης

κοσμουν κοσμουντος

Middle/Passive

1st person

2nd person

3rd person

Indicative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Subjunctive

Singular

Dual

Plural

Optative

Singular

Dual

Plural

Imperative

Singular

Dual

Plural

κοσμείσθων, κοσμείσθωσαν

Infinitive

κοσμεῖσθαι

Participle

Masculine

Feminine

Neuter

κοσμουμενος κοσμουμενου

κοσμουμενη κοσμουμενης

κοσμουμενον κοσμουμενου

Active
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐκόσμουν	ἐκόσμεις	ἐκόσμειν*
Dual		ἐκοσμεῖτον	ἐκοσμείτην
Plural	ἐκοσμοῦμεν	ἐκοσμεῖτε	ἐκόσμουν
Middle/Passive
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
Indicative	Singular	ἐκοσμούμην	ἐκοσμοῦ	ἐκοσμεῖτο
Dual		ἐκοσμεῖσθον	ἐκοσμείσθην
Plural	ἐκοσμούμεθα	ἐκοσμεῖσθε	ἐκοσμοῦντο

Active

1st person

2nd person

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Examples

νῦν δὲ τί ἄν τισ ἐν συνουσίᾳ τοιᾷδε μάτην κενοῖσ λόγοισ αὐτὸσ αὑτὸν κοσμοῖ; (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 108:3)
πρὸσ πόλεμον αὐτῆσ ἂν τὸν ἔξωθεν βλέπων τὸν βίον κοσμοῖ μᾶλλον, ἢ πρὸσ πόλεμον τὸν ἐν αὐτῇ γιγνόμενον ἑκάστοτε, ἣ δὴ καλεῖται στάσισ; (Plato, Laws, book 1 23:5)
"γλυπτοὶ δ’ αὐτῆσ ἦσαν οἱ κόσμοι, χρυσῆν ἔχοντεσ τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 3729)
"εἰσὶν οὖν ἐκτὸσ ἕτεροι θεοὶ καὶ κόσμοι, πρὸσ οὓσ χρῆται ταῖσ κοινωνικαῖσ ἀρεταῖσ· (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 247)
ἂν οὖν πλείονεσ ὦσι κόσμοι, συμβήσεται τὴν γῆν πολλαχοῦ μὲν ἐπάνω τοῦ πυρὸσ καὶ τοῦ ἀέροσ κεῖσθαι πολλαχοῦ δ’ ὑποκάτω· (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 25 6:1)
"ἔπειτα τίσ ἀνάγκη πολλοὺσ εἶναι Δίασ, ἂν πλείονεσ ὦσι κόσμοι, καὶ μὴ καθ’ ἕκαστον ἄρχοντα πρῶτον καὶ ἡγεμόνα τοῦ ὅλου θεὸν ἔχοντα καὶ νοῦν καὶ λόγον, οἱο͂σ ὁ παρ’ ἡμῖν κύριοσ ἁπάντων καὶ πατὴρ ἐπονομαζόμενοσ; (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 294)
αἱ δὲ γενόμεναι τότε πρὸσ τὰσ τῶν βαρβάρων ναῦσ περὶ τὰ στενὰ μάχαι κρίσιν μὲν εἰσ τὰ ὅλα μεγάλην οὐκ ἐποίησαν, τῇ δὲ πείρᾳ μέγιστα τοὺσ Ἕλληνασ ὤνησαν, ὑπὸ τῶν ἔργων παρὰ τοὺσ κινδύνουσ διδαχθέντασ, ὡσ οὔτε πλήθη νεῶν οὔτε κόσμοι καὶ λαμπρότητεσ ἐπισήμων οὔτε κραυγαὶ κομπώδεισ ἢ βάρβαροι παιᾶνεσ ἔχουσι τι δεινὸν ἀνδράσιν ἐπισταμένοισ εἰσ χεῖρασ ἰέναι καὶ μάχεσθαι τολμῶσιν, ἀλλὰ δεῖ τῶν τοιούτων καταφρονοῦντασ ἐπ’ αὐτὰ τὰ σώματα φέρεσθαι καὶ πρὸσ ἐκεῖνα διαγωνίζεσθαι συμπλακέντασ. (Plutarch, , chapter 8 1:1)

Derived

ἀποκοσμέω (to restore order by clearing away, to clear away)
διακοσμέω (to divide and marshal, muster in array, to regulate)
ἐγκοσμέω (to arrange in)
ἐπικοσμέω (to add ornaments to, to decorate after or besides, to honour)
συγκοσμέω (to confer honour on, to be an ornament to)
συνεπικοσμέω (to help to adorn)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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κοσμέω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

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Synonyms

to order

to arrange

to deck

to adorn

to honour

to be assigned or ascribed to

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κοσμέω

Sense

Conjugation

Present tense

Imperfect tense

Examples

Synonyms

to order

to arrange

to deck

to adorn

to honour

to be assigned or ascribed to

Derived

Similar forms

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