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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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Singular

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Middle/Passive

1st person

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Examples

τοσοῦτον δὲ αὐτοῦ λείπεται κατὰ ταύτην τὴν ἀρετήν, ὅσον τῶν φύσει καλῶν σωμάτων τὰ συνερανιζόμενα κόσμοισ ἐπιθέτοισ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 3 2:2)
ἡ μὲν οὖν ἐξηλλαγμένη καὶ περιττὴ καὶ ἐγκατάσκευοσ καὶ τοῖσ ἐπιθέτοισ κόσμοισ ἅπασι συμπεπληρωμένη λέξισ, ἧσ ὁρ́οσ καὶ κανὼν ὁ Θουκυδίδησ, ὃν οὐθεὶσ οὔθ’ ὑπερεβάλετο τῶν ἐπιγινομένων οὔτε εἰσ ἄκρον ἐμιμήσατο, τοιαύτη τισ ἦν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 1 2:4)
"ἡμεῖσ δὲ τὴν ἀπειρίαν μῦθον εἶναί φαμεν ἐν κόσμοισ τοσούτοισ μηδένα λόγῳ θείῳ κυβερνώμενον ἔχουσαν, ἀλλὰ πάντασ ἐκ ταὐτομάτου καὶ γεγονότασ καὶ συνισταμένουσ. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 19 1:4)
καὶ γὰρ οἱο͂́ν τ’ ἔστιν εἶναι καὶ μαντικὴν καὶ πρόνοιαν ἐν πλείοσι κόσμοισ, καὶ τὸ μικροτάτην τύχην παρεμπίπτειν, τὰ δὲ πλεῖστα καὶ μέγιστα τάξιν λαμβάνειν πρὸσ γένεσιν καὶ μεταβολήν, ὧν οὐδὲν ἡ ἀπειρία δέχεσθαι πέφυκεν. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 242)
"ὁ μὲν γὰρ Ὁμηρικὸσ Ζεὺσ οὐ πάνυ πρόσω μετέθηκε τὴν ὄψιν ἀπὸ Τροίασ ἐπὶ τὰ Θρᾴκια καὶ τοὺσ περὶ τὸν Ἴστρον νομάδασ, ὁ δ’ ἀληθινὸσ ἔχει καλὰσ καὶ πρεπούσασ ἐν πλείοσι κόσμοισ μεταβολάσ, οὐχὶ κενὸν ἄπειρον ἔξω βλέπων οὐδ’ ἑαυτὸν ἄλλο δ’ οὐδὲν ὡσ ᾠήθησαν ἔνιοι νοῶν, ἀλλ’ ἔργα τε θεῶν καὶ ἀνθρώπων πολλὰ κινήσεισ τε καὶ φορὰσ ἄστρων ἐν περιόδοισ καταθεώμενοσ. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 303)

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

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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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