Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κοσμητικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κοσμητικός κοσμητική κοσμητικόν

Structure: κοσμητικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from kosmhth/s

Sense

  1. skilled in arranging, the art of dress and ornament

Examples

  • καὶ τῶν ἀψύχων σωμάτων, ὧν γναφευτικὴ καὶ σύμπασα κοσμητικὴ τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν παρεχομένη κατὰ σμικρὰ πολλὰ καὶ γελοῖα δοκοῦντα ὀνόματα ἔσχεν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 67:1)

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

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