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διακοσμέω

diakosmeo

divide and marshal, muster, array

Appears 32 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

διακοσμέω, A. divide and marshal, muster, array, ὣς τοὺς ἡγεμόνες διεκόσμεον Il. 2.476; πομπήν Th. 1.20:—Pass., εἴ περ . . ἐς δεκάδας διακοσμηθεῖμεν Ἀχαιοί Il. 2.126; διὰ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες ib.655. 2. order, regulate, Anaxag. 12, Hdt. 1.100, Th. 2.100, Pl. Lg. 864a, al., etc.:—Med., πᾶν μέγαρον διεκοσμήσαντο got it all set in order, Od. 22.457; δ. τὸ σῶμα Hp. Vict. 1.9. 3. Stoic t. t., re-establish the world-order after ἐκπύρωσις, εἶτʼ αὖθις πάλιν -εῖσθαι [τὸν κόσμον] Zeno Stoic. 1.27. II. adorn variously, τινί τι Crobyl. 10:—Pass., στιγμαῖς Philum. Ven. 21.1.
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