A). order, κατὰ κόσμον in order, duly, εὖ κατὰ κ. Il. 10.472 , al.; οὐ κατὰ κ. shamefully, Od. 8.179 ; μὰψ ἀτὰρ οὐ κατὰ κ. Il. 2.214 : freq. in dat., κόσμῳ καθίζειν to sit in order, Od. 13.77 , cf. Hdt. 8.67 ; οὐ κ.. . ἐλευσόμεθα Il. 12.225 ; κ. θεῖναι τὰ πάντα Hdt. 2.52 , cf. 7.36 , etc.; διάθες τάδε κ. Ar. Av. 1331 ; κ. φέρειν bear becomingly, Pi. P. 3.82 ; δέξασθαί τινα κ. A. Ag. 521 ; σὺν κόσμῳ Hdt. 8.86 , Arist. Mu. 398b23 ; ἐν κόσμῳ Hp. Mul. 1.3 , Pl. Smp. 223b ; κόσμῳ οὐδενὶ κοσμηθέντες in no sort of order, Hdt. 9.59 ; φεύγειν, ἀπιέναι οὐδενὶ κ., Id. 3.13 , 8.60 .γ/, etc.; ἀτάκτως καὶ οὐδενὶ κ. Th. 3.108 , cf. A. Pers. 400 ; οὐκέτι τὸν αὐτὸν κ. no longer in the same order, Hdt. 9.66 ; οὐδένα κ. ib. 65 , 69 ; ἦν δ’ οὐδεὶς κ. τῶν ποιουμένων Th. 3.77 : generally, of things, natural order, γίνεται τῶν τεταρταίων ἡ κατάστασις ἐκ τούτου τοῦ κ. Hp. Prog. 20 .

2). good order, good behaviour, = κοσμιότης Phld. Mus. p.43 K.; discipline, D. 18.216 ; οὐ κ., ἀλλ’ ἀκοσμία S. Fr. 846 .

3). form, fashion, (/ιππου κόσμον ἄεισον δουρατέου Od. 8.492 ; κ. ἐπέων ἀπατηλός Parm. 8.52 ; ἐξηγεομένων .. τὸν κ. αὐτοῦ the fashion of it, Hdt. 3.22 ; κ. τόνδε .. ὁ καταστησάμενος who established this order or from, Id. 1.99 .

4). of states, order, government, μεταστῆσαι τὸν κ. Th. 4.76 , cf. 8.48 , 67 ; μένειν ἐν τῷ ὀλιγαρχικῷ κ. 8.72 , etc.; esp. of the Spartan constitution, Hdt. 1.65 , Clearch. 3 : pl., πόλεων κόσμοι Pl. Prt. 322c .

II). ornament, decoration, esp. of women, Il. 14.187 , Hes. Op. 76 , Hdt. 5.92 . ή; γυναικεῖος κ. Pl. R. 373c , etc.; of a horse, Il. 4.145 ; of men, Hdt. 3.123 , A. Th. 397 , etc.; γλαυκόχροα κόσμον ἐλαίας, of an olive-wreath, Pi. O. 3.13 , cf. 8.83 , P. 2.10 , etc.; κ. κυνῶν X. Cyn. 6.1 ; κ. καὶ ἔπιπλα Lys. 12.19 ; κ. ἀργυροῦς a service of plate, Ath. 6.231b ; ἱερὸς κ. OGI 90.40 (Rosetta, ii B. C.): pl., ornaments, A. Ag. 1271 ; οἱ περὶ τὸ σῶμα κ. Isoc. 2.32 : metaph., of ornaments of speech, such as epithets, Id. 9.9 (pl.), Arist. Rh. 1408a14 , Po. 1457b2 , 1458a33 ; ἁδυμελῆ κ. κελαδεῖν to sing sweet songs of praise, Pi. O. 11 ( 10 ). 13 (s.v.l.).

2). metaph., honour, credit, Id. N. 2.8 , I. 6(5).69 ; κόσμον φέρει τινί it does one credit, Hdt. 8.60 , 142 ; γύναι, γυναιξὶ κόσμον ἡ σιγὴ φέρει S. Aj. 293 ; κ. τοῦτ’ ἐστὶν ἐμοί Ar. Nu. 914 ; οἷς κόσμος [ἐστὶ] καλῶς τοῦτο δρᾶν Th. 1.5 ; ἐν κόσμῳ καὶ τιμῇ εἶναί τινι D. 60.36 ; of persons, σὺ ἔμοιγε μέγιστος κ. ἔσει X. Cyr. 6.4.3 ; ἡ μεγαλοψυχία οἷον κ. τις τῶν ἀρετῶν Arist. EN 1124a1 .

III). ruler, regulator, title of chief magistrate in Crete, SIG 712.57 , etc.; collectively, body of κόσμοι, ib. 524.1 ; τοῦ κ. τοῖς πλίασι ib. 527.74 : also freq. in pl., ib. 528.1 , al., Arist. Pol. 1272a6 , Str. 10.4.18 , 22 ; cf. κόρμος.

IV). Philos., world-order, universe, first in Pythag., acc.to Placit. 2.1.1 , D.L. 8.48 (cf.[ Philol.] 21 ), or Parm., acc. to Thphr. ap. D.L.l.c.; κόσμον τόνδε οὔτε τις θεῶν οὔτε ἀνθρώπων ἐποίησεν, ἀλλ’ ἦν ἀεὶ καὶ ἔστιν καὶ ἔσται πῦρ Heraclit. 30 ; ὁ καλούμενος ὑπὸ τῶν σοφιστῶν κ. X. Mem. 1.1.11 : freq. in Pl., Grg. 508a , Ti. 27a , al.; ἡ τοῦ ὅλου σύστασίς ἐστι κ. καὶ οὐρανός Arist. Cael. 280a21 , cf. Epicur. Ep. 2p.37U. , Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.168 , etc.; ὁ κ. ζῷον ἔμψυχον καὶ λογικόν Posidon. ap. D.L. 7.139 , cf. Pl. Ti. 30b : sts. of the firmament, γῆς ἁπάσης τῆς ὑπὸ τῷ κόσμῳ κειμένης Isoc. 4.179 ; ὁ περὶ τὴν γῆν ὅλος κ. Arist. Mete. 339a20 ; μετελθεῖν εἰς τὸν ἀέναον κ., of death, OGI 56.48 (Canopus, iii B. C.); but also, of earth, as opp. heaven, ὁ ἐπιχθόνιος κ. Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.44 ; or as opp. the underworld, ὁ ἄνω κ. Iamb. VP 27.123 ; of any region of the universe, ὁ μετάρσιος κ. Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.44 ; of the sphere whose centre is the earth's centre and radius the straight line joining earth and sun, Archim. Aren. 4 ; of the sphere containing the fixed stars, Pl. Epin. 987b : in pl., worlds, coexistent or successive, Anaximand. et alii ap. Placit. 2.1.3 , cf. Epicur.l.c.; also, of stars, Νὺξ μεγάλων κ. κτεάτειρα A. Ag. 356 (anap.), cf. Heraclid.et Pythagorei ap. Placit. 2.13.15 (= Orph. Fr. 22 ); οἱ ἑπτὰ κ. the Seven planets, Corp.Herm. 11.7 .

2). metaph., microcosm, ἄνθρωπος μικρὸς κ. Democr. 34 ; ἄνθρωπος βραχὺς κ. Ph. 2.155 ; of living beings in general, τὸ ζῷον οἷον μικρόν τινα κ. εἶναί φασιν ἄνδρες παλαιοί Gal. UP 3.10 .

3). in later Gr., = οἰκουμένη , the known or inhabited world, OGI 458.40 ( 9 B.C.), Ep.Rom. 1.8 , etc.; ὁ τοῦ παντὸς κ. κύριος, of Nero, SIG 814.31 , cf. IGRom. 4.982 (Samos); ἐὰν τὸν κ. ὅλον κερδήσῃ Ev.Matt. 16.26 .

4). men in general, φανέρωσον σεαυτὸν τῷ κ. Ev.Jo. 7.4 , cf. 12.19 ; esp. of the world as estranged from God by sin, ib. 16.20 , 17.9 , al., 1 Ep.Cor. 1.21 , etc.

5). οὗτος ὁ κ. this present world, i.e. earth, opp. heaven, Ev.Jo. 13.1 ; regarded as the kingdom of evil, ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ κ. τούτου ib. 12.31 .

V). Pythag.name for six, Theol.Ar. 37 ; for ten, ib. 59 .