κόσμος
Alt. κόσμος, ου,
I. "order", κόσμῳ and κατὰ κόσμον in "order, duly", Il., etc.; μὰψ ἀτὰρ οὐ κατὰ κόσμον id=Il.; οὐδενὶ κόσμῳ "in" no sort of "order", Hdt., attic
2. "good order, good behaviour, decency", Aesch., Dem.
3. "the form, fashion" of a thing, Od., Hdt.
4. of states, "order, government", Hdt., Thuc.
II. "an ornament, decoration, embellishment, dress", Il., etc.; esp. of women, Lat. mundus muliebris, id=Il., Hes., etc.:—in pl. "ornaments", Aesch., etc.
2. metaph. "honour, credit", Hdt., Soph., etc.
III. "a regulator", title of the chief magistrate in Crete, Arist.
IV. "the world or universe", from its perfect "order", Lat. mundus, Plat., etc.
2. "mankind", as we use ""the world,"" NTest.