κοσμέω
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κοσμῆσαι διατάξαι. ὅθεν καὶ ὁ κόσμος, ἀπὸ τῆς τάξεως ἧς ἔχει, ὠνόμασται, οἵ τε διατάσσοντες βασιλεῖς κοσμήτορες
Translation (En)
Kosmēsai "to arrange in order", from which was also named kosmos "order", from the disposition it has, and the kings who order the troops are called kosmētores
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, kappa, p. 340 (Κόσμος, παρὰ τὸ κοσμῶ, ὁ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ ἔχων κεκοσμημένα καὶ διατεταγμένα· ἢ παρὰ τὸ κάζω κάσω κέκασμαι, κασμὸς ῥηματικὸν ὄνομα καὶ μεταθέσει τοῦ α εἰς ο καὶ ἐναλλαγῇ τοῦ τόνου, κόσμος, οὕτω Φιλόξενος); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 532 (Κόσμος: Παρὰ τὸ κεῖσθαι ἅμα, ἢ παρὰ τὸ κοσμῶ, ὁ [τὰ] πάντα ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἔχων κεκοσμημένα καὶ διατεταγμένα. Ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ κάζω κέκασμαι, ῥηματικὸν ὄνομα κασμός· καὶ κατὰ μετάθεσιν τοῦ α εἰς ο, καὶ ἐναλλαγῇ τοῦ τόνου, κόσμος); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, kappa, p. 1234 (Κόσμος. καλλωπισμὸς ἢ σύστημα ἐξ οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς καὶ τῶν ἐν μέσῳ. κόσμος παρὰ τὸ ἔχειν ἐν ἑαυτῷ πάντα κεκοσμημένα καὶ διατεταγμένα. ἢ παρὰ τὸ κάζω, κάσω, κέκασμαι, κασμὸς, ῥηματικὸν ὄνομα, καὶ μεταθέσει τοῦ α εἰς ο καὶ ἐναλλαγῇ τοῦ τόνου κόσμος. οὕτως Φίλων); Scholia in Aelium Aristidem (vetera), Tett., Jebb 132.8 (κόσμος γὰρ ἐκλήθη παρὰ τὸ κεκοσμῆσθαι ταῖς ὥραις καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἅπασιν)
Comment
The derivation reverses the linguistically correct one: Apollonius derived the noun from the verb, whereas linguistically the verb is derived from the noun, being a denominative. The correct derivation is found in the Epimerismi Homerici Il. 1.16b (κοσμήτορε: ἐκ τοῦ κοσμήτωρ· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ κοσμῶ· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ κόσμος· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ κάζω, τὸ κοσμῶ).