Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κοσμητός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κοσμητός κοσμητή κοσμητόν

Structure: κοσμητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kosme/w

Sense

  1. well-ordered, trim

Examples

  • ξένοσ δ’ οὐδεὶσ ὅστισ ἀρχῆσ ἢ πίστεωσ ἄξιοσ, ἀλλὰ καθέστηκε κοινὴ τῆσ γῆσ δημοκρατία ὑφ’ ἑνὶ τῷ ἀρίστῳ ἄρχοντι καὶ κοσμητῇ, καὶ πάντεσ ὥσπερ εἰσ κοινὴν ἀγορὰν συνίασι τευξόμενοι τῆσ ἀξίασ ἕκαστοι. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 17:11)

Synonyms

  1. well-ordered

Derived

Similar forms

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

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