κοσμ-έω,
order, arrange, especially set an army in array, marshal it, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.379; κοσμῆσαι ἵππους τε καὶ ἀνέρας 2.554 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐπεὶ κόσμηθεν ἅμ᾽ ἡγεμόνεσσιν ἕκαστοι [[ 3.1 ] Refs]; πένταχα κοσμηθέντες marshalled in five bodies, [[ 12.87 ] Refs]; of a population, διὰ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες [[ 2.655; once in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, of hunters, διὰ δὲ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες 9.157:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle, κοσμησάμενος πολιήτας having arranged his men, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.806 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; so after Homer, κ. στρατόν (variant for{κοιμήσων}) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 662; τάξεις κεκοσμημέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.26, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 247a; ἐπὶ τάξις πλεῦνας ἐκεκοσμέατο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.31. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 generally, arrange, prepare, δόρπον ἐκόσμει [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.13; κ. ἀοιδήν η “Bacch.” 59; ἔργα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 306; στέφανον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 74; τράπεζαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.6; εἰς τάφον λέβητα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1401 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, δεῖπνον κεκόσμηται [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δεῖ οὕτω κοσμηθῆναι ὅκως.. [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 266 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τὸ κοσμηθὲν αἷμα, ={τὸνοἰκεῖον κόσμον κτησάμενον}, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.551. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II order, rule, τὴν πόλιν κ. καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1103; Σπάρτην ἔλαχες, κείνην κόσμει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 723 (_anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐμαυτόν restrain myself, [[ [prev. author] “Hyps.fragment” 34(60).46; τὰ ἄλλα ἐκεκοσμέατό οἱ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.100; τόν γε νοῦν κοσμοῦντα πάντα κοσμεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 97 c:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τὰ κοσμούμενα orderly institutions, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 677 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect participle, of persons, orderly, ταπεινὸς καὶ κεκοσμημένος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 716a; τεταγμένον τε καὶ κ. πρᾶγμα [prev. author] “Grg.” 504 a. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]