κοσμέω
Etym. κοσμός
I. "to order, arrange", Hom., etc.: esp. "to set" an army "in array, marshal" it, Il.:— Mid., κοσμησάμενος πολιήτας "having arranged his" men, id=Il.
2. generally, "to arrange, prepare", δόρπον Od.; ἔργα Hes., etc.
II. "to dispose, order, rule, govern", Hdt., Soph., etc.; τὰ κοσμούμενα "orderly institutions, set order", Soph.
2. in Crete, "to be Cosmos" (κόσμος ΙΙΙ), "rule as such", Arist.
III. "to deck, adorn, equip, furnish, dress", esp. of women, Hhymn., Hes., etc.: Mid., κοσμέεσθαι τὰς κεφαλάς "to adorn their" heads, Hdt., etc.
2. metaph. "to adorn, embellish", Eur., Thuc., etc.
3. "to honour, pay honour to", Soph., Eur., etc.
IV. in Pass. "to be assigned or ascribed to", ἐς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον νόμον αὗται [αἱ πόλεις] ἐκεκοσμέατο Hdt.