κόσμιος

kosmios

well-ordered, regular, moderate

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 3 807a31–808b10

808b1
Politics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 4 1276b16–1277b32

1277b23
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33

1398a23

Dictionary (LSJ)

κόσμιος, α, ον, (-ος, ον, Gal. 16.606, Sor. 1.3), A. well-ordered, regular, moderate, δαπάνη Pl. R. 560d; οἴκησις Id. Criti. 112 c; κόσμιόν ἐστι, c. inf., is a regular practice, Ar. Pl. 565. 2. of persons, orderly, well-behaved, δίκαιοι καὶ σοφοὶ καὶ κ. ib.89; κ. καὶ σώφρων Lys. 21.19; κ. καὶ εὔκολοι Pl. R. 329 d; κ. καὶ φρόνιμος ψυχή Id. Phd. 108 a; χρηστὸς εἶ καὶ κ. Nicopho 16; ἥτις ἐστὶ κοσμία γυνή Anaxandr. 56, cf. Arist. Pol. 1277b23; κ. ἐν διαίτῃ Pl. R. 408b ; πρὸς τοὺς θεούς Id. Smp. 193 a; οἱ κοσμιώτατοι φύσει Id. R. 564 e; of a patient, quiet, Hp. Acut. 65: freq. in Oratt., of honest, orderly citizens, Lys. 26.3, etc.; τοὺς πολίτας -ιωτέρους ποιεῖν Isoc. 20.18; modest, ὁμιλία X. Mem. 3.11.14 (Sup.); τὸ κ. decency, order, S. El. 872, Pl. Lg. 802 e. Adv. κοσμίως regularly, decently, Ar. Pl. 709, 978, al.; κ. ἔχειν Pl. Phd. 68 c; κ. ἥκομεν as befits us, Id. Sph. 216 a; κ. βιοῦν Lys. 3.6: Comp. -ιώτερον, βεβιωκέναι Isoc. 15.162: Sup. -ώτατα, τὰς συμφορὰς φέρειν Lys. 3.4. II. Subst. κόσμιος, ὁ, (κόσμος IV) = κοσμοπολίτης, Plu. 2.600 f, Arr. Epict. 1.9.1.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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