__III ruler, regulator, title of chief magistrate in Crete, [[ “SIG” 712.57, etc.] Refs]; collectively, body of κόσμοι, [[[prev. work]524.1] Refs]; τοῦ κ. τοῖς πλίασι [[[prev. work]527.74: also frequently in _plural_, [prev. work]528.1, +others, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1272a6, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.4.18, 22 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare κόρμος.
__IV Philos., world-order, universe, first in [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus, _accusative_ to “Placita Philosophorum” 2.1.1, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 8.48 (compare [5th-6th c.BC: Philolaus Philosophus] 21), or 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus, _accusative_ to 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus cited in D.L.[same place]; κόσμον τόνδε οὔτε τις θεῶν οὔτε ἀνθρώπων ἐποίησεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἦν ἀεὶ καὶ ἔστιν καὶ ἔσται πῦρ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 30; ὁ καλούμενος ὑπὸ τῶν σοφιστῶν κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.11: frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, “Grg.” 508a, “Ti.” 27a, +others; ἡ τοῦ ὅλου σύστασίς ἐστι κ. καὶ οὐρανός 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 280a21, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.37U., 3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.168, etc.; ὁ κ. ζῷον ἔμψυχον καὶ λογικόν 2nd-1st c.BC: Posidonius Historicus cited in 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 7.139, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 30b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes of the firmament, γῆς ἁπάσης τῆς ὑπὸ τῷ κόσμῳ κειμένης [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.179; ὁ περὶ τὴν γῆν ὅλος κ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 339a20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετελθεῖν εἰς τὸν ἀέναον κ., of death, [[ “OGI” 56.48 (Canopus, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but also, of earth, as opposed to heaven, ὁ ἐπιχθόνιος κ. [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.44; or as opposed to the underworld, ὁ ἄνω κ. 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 27.123 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of any region of the universe, ὁ μετάρσιος κ. [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Hermes Trismegistus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.49.44] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the sphere whose centre is the earth's centre and radius the straight line joining earth and sun, [[ 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “ψαμμίτης” 4 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of the sphere containing the fixed stars, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 987b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, worlds, coexistent or successive, [[ 6th c.BC: Anaximander Philosophus et alii cited in “Placita Philosophorum” 2.1.3, cf. Epicur.[same place] ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; also, of stars, Νὺξ μεγάλων κ. κτεάτειρα [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 356 (_anapaest meter_), cf. Heraclid.et Pythagorei cited in “Placita Philosophorum” 2.13.15 (= 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Fragmenta” 22)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ ἑπτὰ κ. the Seven planets, [[ Corp.Herm. 11.7. ] Refs]
__IV.2 metaphorically, microcosm, ἄνθρωπος μικρὸς κ. [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 34; ἄνθρωπος βραχὺς κ. 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.155 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of living beings in general, τὸ ζῷον οἷον μικρόν τινα κ. εἶναί φασιν ἄνδρες παλαιοί [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 3.10. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV.3 in later Gr., ={οἰκουμένη}, the known or inhabited world, [[ “OGI” 458.40 (1st c.BC), NT.Rom.1.8, etc.] NT+1st c.BC+]; ὁ τοῦ παντὸς κ. κύριος, of Nero, [[ “SIG” 814.31, compare “IGRom.” 4.982 (from Samos)] Refs]; ἐὰν τὸν κ. ὅλον κερδήσῃ [[ NT.Matt.16.26. ] NT]
__IV.4 men in general, φανέρωσον σεαυτὸν τῷ κ. [[ NT.John.7.4, compare 12.19 ] NT]; especially of the world as estranged from God by sin, [[[prev. work] 16.20, 17.9, +others, NT.1Cor.1.21, etc. ] NT]
__IV.5 οὗτος ὁ κ. this present world, i.e. earth, opposed to heaven, [[ NT.John.13.1; regarded as the kingdom of evil, ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ κ. τούτου [prev. work] 12.31. ] NT]
__V Pythag.name for six, [[ Theol.Ar. 37] Refs]; for ten, [[[prev. work]59. ] Refs]
