Κόσμος

order

Translated by Catharine Roth2 Jan 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

2 notes · 22 words

[Meaning] array.¹
And Herodotus [writes]: "but when the Persians had been defeated, they fled in no order."² That is, [in no] array.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κόσμος· τάξις. καὶ Ἡρόδοτος· οἱ δὲ Πέρσαι ἡσσηθέντες ἔφευγον οὐδενὶ κόσμῳ. τουτέστι τάξει.

Betacode

*ko/smos: ta/cis. kai\ *(hro/dotos: oi( de\ *pe/rsai h(sshqe/ntes e)/feugon ou)deni\ ko/smw|. toute/sti ta/cei.

Notes (2)

1Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. also scholion on Homer, Iliad 3.1, where a participle cognate with the headword occurs. ↩
2Herodotus 9.65.1 (web address 1) -- about Plataea, see pi 1700. ↩

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

Neighbouring entries

κ2144Κοσμήτορεςcommanders κ2145Κοσμιότηςorderliness κ2146Κόσμοςorder κ2147Κόσμοςcosmos, kosmos; order, ornament, decorum, universe κ2148Κόσμοςuniverse, world

Revision history5 revisions · last 10 Jan 2020

10 Jan 2020cross-reference — Catharine Roth
10 Jan 2020expanded note — Catharine Roth
7 Apr 2013upgraded link — Catharine Roth
13 Mar 2013Revised — David Whitehead
2 Jan 2003added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
2 Jan 2003Translated — Catharine Roth